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type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Georgia Coast; bed of tidewater known as "Runaway Negro Creek"; rename to "Freedom Creek" A RESOLUTION renaming the bed of tidewater on the Georgia coast known as "Runaway Negro Creek" to "Freedom Creek"; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 SR 685 Georgia SR 685 (2017_18)
resolution
enacted
Bill Cowsert
Curt Thompson
David Shafer
Donzella James
Ed Harbison
Elena Parent
Emanuel Jones
Gail Davenport
Gloria Butler
Harold Jones II
Horacena Tate
Lester Jackson
Michael 'Doc' Rhett
Mike Dugan
Nikema Williams
Steve Henson
Tonya Anderson
Valencia Seay
0 15 1 2018-02-01 2018-05-08 openstates ocd-bill/3a9dd878-3995-49f7-b8bf-a24aa720111a http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl e65a888d3e2af120390b43b480bb398ed1a86c1ad5ca35a547bab37c789c8dbc 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
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us-ga

Georgia SR 685 (2017_18) — Georgia Coast; bed of tidewater known as "Runaway Negro Creek"; rename to "Freedom Creek"

A RESOLUTION renaming the bed of tidewater on the Georgia coast known as "Runaway Negro Creek" to "Freedom Creek"; and for other purposes.

Version chain

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

Votes

  • ADOPTION — 510 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Curt Thompson — primary (person)
  • David Shafer — primary (person)
  • Donzella James — primary (person)
  • Ed Harbison — primary (person)
  • Elena Parent — primary (person)
  • Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
  • Gail Davenport — primary (person)
  • Gloria Butler — primary (person)
  • Harold Jones II — primary (person)
  • Horacena Tate — primary (person)
  • Lester Jackson — primary (person)
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • Nikema Williams — primary (person)
  • Steve Henson — primary (person)
  • Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
  • Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-01 Senate Hopper
  • 2018-02-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2018-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2018-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2018-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2018-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2018-02-23 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2018-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-29 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2018-03-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2018-05-08 Act 543 executive-signature
  • 2018-05-08 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a9dd878-3995-49f7-b8bf-a24aa720111a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).