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type: "Bill"
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title: "State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 208"
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citation: "Georgia HB 208 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Mike Cheokas", "Philip Singleton", "Rick Jasperse", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-29"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ef171f925a84c7f75f4ebf995279e1fe4a9cade29f985fd1d4e0ea8dddebe82c"
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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 HB 208 (2021_22) — State holidays; second Wednesday of February of each year as National Swearing-in Day in Georgia; provide
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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.
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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. **HB 208/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202467.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0790S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197497.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 0790S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196906.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 0303/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196351.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200619.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200626.pdf)
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7. **Senate amend to HB 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200692.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
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- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-17** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Act 142 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/ba3c8ecb-1ad9-40df-84aa-a7b01cb065cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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