---
type: "Bill"
title: "State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to provide that the second Wednesday of February of each year shall be designated as \"National Swearing-in Day\" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 208"
citation: "Georgia HB 208 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Mike Cheokas", "Philip Singleton", "Rick Jasperse", "Todd Jones"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-29"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ef171f925a84c7f75f4ebf995279e1fe4a9cade29f985fd1d4e0ea8dddebe82c"
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 HB 208 (2021_22) — State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to provide that the second Wednesday of February of each year shall be designated as "National Swearing-in Day" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; 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. **HB 208/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202467.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0790S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197497.pdf)
3. **LC 47 0790S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196906.pdf)
4. **LC 48 0303/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196351.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200619.pdf)
6. **Sen floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200626.pdf)
7. **Senate amend to HB 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200692.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29** House Hopper
- **2021-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 142 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).