republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-208.md

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Bill	State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to provide that the second Wednesday of February of each year shall be designated as "National Swearing-in Day" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 208	Georgia HB 208 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Chris Erwin Dominic LaRiccia Mike Cheokas Philip Singleton Rick Jasperse Todd Jones	7	16	1	2021-01-29	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ef171f925a84c7f75f4ebf995279e1fe4a9cade29f985fd1d4e0ea8dddebe82c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 208 (2021_22) — State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to provide that the second Wednesday of February of each year shall be designated as "National Swearing-in Day" in Georgia; to provide for legislative findings; 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. HB 208/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0790S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 0790S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 0303/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate amend to HB 208 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
• Philip Singleton — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-29 House Hopper
• 2021-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-17 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Act 142 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).