republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-170.md

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Bill	State and Other Flags; Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of the members of the armed forces; designate	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state and other flags, so as to designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of the members of the armed forces; to provide for the display of the Honor and Remember flag at designated state-owned properties on certain designated days; to provide that such flags are manufactured in the United States; to provide that local governments may display the Honor and Remember flag; to provide for the adoption of guidelines for the display of such flags; to provide for the procurement and distribution of such flags; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 170	Georgia SB 170 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Butch Miller Greg Kirk Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Mike Dugan Steve Gooch	3	15	1	2019-02-22	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e1d1d542-55c8-4e44-9c53-c2e6405f9fe8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0a83ccddaaa26d4b86e6641f6597db3e73a1d819c53f99b7fcd3b6f4ed838b7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 170 (2019_20) — State and Other Flags; Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of the members of the armed forces; designate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state and other flags, so as to designate the Honor and Remember flag as the state's emblem of the service and sacrifice of the members of the armed forces; to provide for the display of the Honor and Remember flag at designated state-owned properties on certain designated days; to provide that such flags are manufactured in the United States; to provide that local governments may display the Honor and Remember flag; to provide for the adoption of guidelines for the display of such flags; to provide for the procurement and distribution of such flags; 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. As Introduced LC 47 0091ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB170/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-02 Act 150 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1d1d542-55c8-4e44-9c53-c2e6405f9fe8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).