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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 170"
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citation: "Georgia SB 170 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Greg Kirk", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-22"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1d1d542-55c8-4e44-9c53-c2e6405f9fe8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0a83ccddaaa26d4b86e6641f6597db3e73a1d819c53f99b7fcd3b6f4ed838b7c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# 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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Introduced LC 47 0091ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182496.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183625.pdf)
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3. **SB170/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185095.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-02** Act 150 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1d1d542-55c8-4e44-9c53-c2e6405f9fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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