---
type: "Bill"
title: "Isaiah \"Coach\" Berry Memorial Intersection; Barrow County; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Mr. Isaiah Berry and dedicating an intersection in his memory; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SR 596"
citation: "Georgia SR 596 (2021_22)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Butch Miller", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51bcffa7-6657-4879-97df-1d88d7b46238"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d26fd86e742788b5c7b4e87c817bf0db7c44afd0e7a555c717c4ab1f25b14e52"
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 596 (2021_22) — Isaiah "Coach" Berry Memorial Intersection; Barrow County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Mr. Isaiah Berry and dedicating an intersection in his memory; 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/20212022/209555.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 39 3283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207900.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 3374S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208544.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 39 0327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209436.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 2 AM 39 0328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209411.pdf)
6. **Floor amend 3 AM 39 0329** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209415.pdf)
7. **LC 39 3478S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211287.pdf)
8. **LC 39 3483S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211547.pdf)
9. **SR 596/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212115.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** Senate Hopper
- **2022-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09** Act 855 `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/51bcffa7-6657-4879-97df-1d88d7b46238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).