---
type: "Bill"
title: "State holidays; September 11 as First Responders Appreciation Day; designate"
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 designate September 11 of each year as \"First Responders Appreciation Day\" in Georgia; to provide legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 373"
citation: "Georgia HB 373 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derrick McCollum", "Dexter Sharper", "Sandra Scott", "Sheila Jones", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc77e6f-277b-4c0f-ae01-3d5c0774989f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4d0caa168ef4fde75b88b80bf440340165cb27fb35e2f69ea7ec0e1d17912df6"
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 373 (2023_24) — State holidays; September 11 as First Responders Appreciation Day; designate

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 designate September 11 of each year as "First Responders Appreciation Day" in Georgia; to provide 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 373/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218634.pdf)
2. **LC 55 0025/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214387.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #248 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #133 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26** Act 36 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fc77e6f-277b-4c0f-ae01-3d5c0774989f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).