republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-337.md

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Bill	Georgia Colonel; appoint honorary title for life; authorize the Governor	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 38-2-111 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personal aides-de-camp, appointments, commissions, length of service, and duties, so as to authorize the Governor to appoint honorary Georgia Colonels for life; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 337	Georgia SB 337 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Chuck Payne John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick	4	16	3	2024-01-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c3a89492-6c9f-4c90-a3d7-20cdf175275e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	05e44e806f2d6aa429256634388f2ea8d0e751dacd7c222f9d131df2b25e35c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 337 (2023_24) — Georgia Colonel; appoint honorary title for life; authorize the Governor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 38-2-111 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to personal aides-de-camp, appointments, commissions, length of service, and duties, so as to authorize the Governor to appoint honorary Georgia Colonels for life; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 46 0684 (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 46 0829S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 337/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #670 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #684 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #439 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-01-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-29 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-18 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 608 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3a89492-6c9f-4c90-a3d7-20cdf175275e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).