---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nathan Deal Judicial Center; naming the forthcoming new state appellate judicial complex"
description: "A RESOLUTION naming the forthcoming new state appellate judicial complex the \"Nathan Deal Judicial Center\"; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HR 1"
citation: "Georgia HR 1 (2019_20)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "David Ralston", "Jan Jones", "Jon Burns", "Matt Hatchett", "Terry England"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30cac2ea-b5c7-44d9-bd86-4d94dd853e92"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ff8f2f8036e6de8ca264d996367e9821f059f09f0ea4aafcfb9e37ea2a951575"
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 HR 1 (2019_20) — Nathan Deal Judicial Center; naming the forthcoming new state appellate judicial complex

A RESOLUTION naming the forthcoming new state appellate judicial complex the "Nathan Deal Judicial Center"; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HR 1/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182608.pdf)
2. **LC 34 5448/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179435.pdf)
3. **LC 34 5448/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179286.pdf)
4. **LC 34 5491S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180490.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **159–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- David Ralston — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** House Prefiled `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** House Hopper
- **2019-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 304 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30cac2ea-b5c7-44d9-bd86-4d94dd853e92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).