---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speaker David E. Ralston Interstate Connector; Fannin County; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION honoring the life of the Honorable David E. Ralston and dedicating an interstate connector and bridge in his memory; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HR 1215"
citation: "Georgia HR 1215 (2023_24)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Johnny Chastain", "Jon Burns", "Matt Hatchett", "Rick Jasperse", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-21"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78818811-2afb-4ce2-8504-4dbe715a8a81"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "eede06ade099e93bba77a0bba54f2bc49be5d14849dc9c52a3ead93f6ef65032"
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 HR 1215 (2023_24) — Speaker David E. Ralston Interstate Connector; Fannin County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life of the Honorable David E. Ralston and dedicating an interstate connector and bridge in his memory; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HR 1215/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229498.pdf)
2. **LC 39 4258/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224958.pdf)
3. **LC 39 4295S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226118.pdf)
4. **LC 39 4295S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225681.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #879 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #606 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 706 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78818811-2afb-4ce2-8504-4dbe715a8a81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).