republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-276.md

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Bill	State Government; provide that Georgia shall be a"Purple Heart State"	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to provide that Georgia shall be a "Purple Heart State"; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 276	Georgia SB 276 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Curt Thompson Ed Harbison Hunter Hill	4	16	1	2013-03-28	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d5e18477-d696-4eea-81a4-c9bbbf31d913	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0d46d4b98e538a1f6617198baa1f4bef43a1d3fcfa811188281858a8e6e9692c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 276 (2013_14) — State Government; provide that Georgia shall be a"Purple Heart State"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to other state symbols, so as to provide that Georgia shall be a "Purple Heart State"; 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. As introduced LC 21 2183 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4256S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 276/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-28 Senate Hopper
• 2013-03-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-26 Act 630 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5e18477-d696-4eea-81a4-c9bbbf31d913. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).