---
type: "Bill"
title: "Justice Robert Benham Bridge; Bartow County; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION recognizing Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham and dedicating a bridge in his honor; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HR 1163"
citation: "Georgia HR 1163 (2019_20)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a049da4-64e6-4eec-9ee4-77bd7cf64375"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "650ee527ba9107fab0964cd0bf015a473a2ceba864f8e89f234ae264467377ba"
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 1163 (2019_20) — Justice Robert Benham Bridge; Bartow County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION recognizing Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham and dedicating a bridge in his honor; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HR 1163/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195218.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2519/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189951.pdf)
3. **LC 39 2619S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193178.pdf)
4. **LC 39 2619S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192513.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2692S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194057.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **166–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** House Hopper
- **2020-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Tabled
- **2020-06-24** Senate Taken from Table
- **2020-06-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-07-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Act 603 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a049da4-64e6-4eec-9ee4-77bd7cf64375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).