---
type: "Bill"
title: "World War I Centennial Commission; sunset provisions; extend"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the World War I Centennial Commission, so as to extend the sunset provision; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Georgia SB 140 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke", "Ed Harbison", "Zahra Karinshak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e4f34f9-8a20-488c-9694-93eef9acc8cf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "50b6b1078d6e9fff0a8af4891abd140c3cea6a7d053010a8eeb6be5e9eb83815"
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 140 (2019_20) — World War I Centennial Commission; sunset provisions; extend

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the World War I Centennial Commission, so as to extend the sunset provision; 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 48 0067** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182098.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183545.pdf)
3. **SB 140/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185730.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 261 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e4f34f9-8a20-488c-9694-93eef9acc8cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).