republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-140.md

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Bill	Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Zell Bryan Miller upon the capitol grounds of the state capitol building; provide	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 in honor of the Honorable Zell Bryan Miller upon the capitol grounds of the state capitol building; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 140	Georgia SB 140 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Bruce Thompson Butch Miller Ed Harbison Gloria Butler Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Sally Harrell Sheikh Rahman Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	3	15	1	2021-02-09	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e95db5c3-c6a1-49b6-a580-3a904b7cc6ad	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8ab5fdf11c03cc9dc5145f8944c897f368b7603cee5ab79633024d2aa8a7e123	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 140 (2021_22) — Flag, Seal, and Other Symbols; placement of a monument in honor of the Honorable Zell Bryan Miller upon the capitol grounds of the state capitol building; provide

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 in honor of the Honorable Zell Bryan Miller upon the capitol grounds of the state capitol building; 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 44 1581 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 140/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-09 Senate Hopper
• 2021-02-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 209 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e95db5c3-c6a1-49b6-a580-3a904b7cc6ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).