---
type: "Bill"
title: "Original 33 Memorial Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state flag, seal, and other symbols, so as to provide for placement of a monument to honor the Original 33; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 303"
citation: "Georgia HB 303 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Carl Gilliard", "Derrick Jackson", "Inga Willis", "Karen Lupton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f214f6-c4ac-4f70-a9b0-d956213e5b19"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4c939ed7d5668843154457080ce9be1c7bc3d50aacf95c9623ebc9e06a8e3db4"
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 303 (2025_26) — Original 33 Memorial Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state flag, seal, and other symbols, so as to provide for placement of a monument to honor the Original 33; to provide for a short title; 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 303/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238502.pdf)
2. **LC 60 0065/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231517.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #122 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #351 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
- Inga Willis — primary (person)
- Karen Lupton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Act 47 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f214f6-c4ac-4f70-a9b0-d956213e5b19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).