---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Symbols; designate the Old Governor's Mansion as the official state historic house"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the Old Governor's Mansion as the official state historic house; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Georgia SB 168 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37f562fb-d53b-470d-ac6c-f63456ed1821"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6506a4dfa85611dec2a0cc25d60ad9176584fea4ad2d4b47290b686e56622121"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia SB 168 (2015_16) — State Symbols; designate the Old Governor's Mansion as the official state historic house

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state symbols, so as to designate the Old Governor's Mansion as the official state historic house; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced LC 40 0845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149094.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150561.pdf)
3. **LC 40 1194S/hsfs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161465.pdf)
4. **SB 168/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162167.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-24** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-30** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 358 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37f562fb-d53b-470d-ac6c-f63456ed1821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).