---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sophia Ruth Fisher Interchange; Tift County; dedicate"
description: "A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Ms. Sophia Ruth Fisher and dedicating an interchange in her memory; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HR 256"
citation: "Georgia HR 256 (2023_24)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Penny Houston"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f16bfdd-5b35-40e5-b12c-ff533b7ea1cb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d10559ab05b1890fc2c39b3a9584d53cd655e9c0ad48175a02401854d2fa5cdf"
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 256 (2023_24) — Sophia Ruth Fisher Interchange; Tift County; dedicate

A RESOLUTION honoring the life of Ms. Sophia Ruth Fisher and dedicating an interchange in her memory; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Floor Amendment AM 39 0385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220042.pdf)
2. **HR 256/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220427.pdf)
3. **LC 39 3786/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215271.pdf)
4. **LC 39 3840S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217093.pdf)
5. **LC 39 3840S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216955.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HR 256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219674.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3933S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218769.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 39 0375** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219668.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #313 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #342 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **175–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #371 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #167 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 73 `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/8f16bfdd-5b35-40e5-b12c-ff533b7ea1cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).