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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Flag, Seal, and other Symbols; additional protections for government statues; provide"
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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 additional protections for government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 77"
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citation: "Georgia SB 77 (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 Heath", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Greg Kirk", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-07"
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last_action: "2019-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed3f5f7a-8b3d-4590-83e4-193a6c8bc2ea"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ce624791fd51782905825032445742c10171574d4e5a2e6e4dee742b7737aecc"
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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 77 (2019_20) — State Flag, Seal, and other Symbols; additional protections for government statues; provide
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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 additional protections for government statues, monuments, plaques, banners, and other commemorative symbols; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 28 9042ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180766.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183813.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 28 9176ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183317.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183743.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2 AM 28 1707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183777.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 3 AM 28 1706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183775.pdf)
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7. **LC 47 0161S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184623.pdf)
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8. **SB 77/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186985.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #3 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 42ND — **21–33** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Heath — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — 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 Wilkinson — 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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- **2019-02-07** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-26** Act 57 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-26** 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/ed3f5f7a-8b3d-4590-83e4-193a6c8bc2ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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