---
type: "Bill"
title: "Native American Tribes; recognize"
description: "A RESOLUTION recognizing the significant role that Native American tribes have played in Georgia and dedicating a tree on the state capitol grounds in their honor; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SR 504"
citation: "Georgia SR 504 (2021_22)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett", "Jeff Mullis", "Lee Anderson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd1240ee-992e-422d-a9df-52d4e5986ad2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "36187358753ed7e69ecaefb95ea85af81f908e1f65de750e9468bd1cf78ec931"
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 SR 504 (2021_22) — Native American Tribes; recognize

A RESOLUTION recognizing the significant role that Native American tribes have played in Georgia and dedicating a tree on the state capitol grounds in their honor; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208221.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 39 3238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206557.pdf)
3. **SR 504/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212158.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2022-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Act 854 `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd1240ee-992e-422d-a9df-52d4e5986ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).