---
type: "Bill"
title: "State and Other Flags; pledge of allegiance to the state flag; add language"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state and other flags, so as to add language to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag; 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: "SB 152"
citation: "Georgia SB 152 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Greg Dolezal", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca0c48e-d1b6-4a6d-baa7-5d1a548cadbc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0957e9b5f840b4dec31290d773c53b642cee1c87c7ffadd32443522d73278f10"
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 152 (2021_22) — State and Other Flags; pledge of allegiance to the state flag; add language

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the state and other flags, so as to add language to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag; 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 36 4618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197416.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199729.pdf)
3. **SB 152/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210872.pdf)

## Votes

- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — **32–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-05** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 788 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca0c48e-d1b6-4a6d-baa7-5d1a548cadbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).