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type: "Bill"
title: "State government; capitol grounds; provide for placement of statue of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr."
description: "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 statue of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "Georgia HB 1080 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Dee Dawkins-Haigler", "Joe Wilkinson", "Larry O`Neal", "Stacey Abrams", "Tyrone Brooks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-24"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/249db817-7fa7-4729-b1b1-a374127bb38e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dd59d10f20c496a1f4f1affdf81cc10242eed9decb3d442b44988fac3d124300"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1080 (2013_14) — State government; capitol grounds; provide for placement of statue of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 statue of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.; 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. **HB 1080/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144373.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6296/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141278.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 25 6389S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143042.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **173–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Dee Dawkins-Haigler — primary (person)
- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Larry O`Neal — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
- Tyrone Brooks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-24** House Hopper
- **2014-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-18** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-29** Act 637 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/249db817-7fa7-4729-b1b1-a374127bb38e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).