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type: "Bill"
title: "Solicitors-General of State Courts; honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide for the honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; to provide for qualifications; to provide for certificate; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Georgia SB 120 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Elena Parent", "Gail Davenport", "Harold Jones II", "John Kennedy", "Lindsey Tippins", "Max Burns"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9b0f3a-4cd1-4c48-9a4b-68f74a67fb6f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "78ff2a2b8eb6e5c71839ab07c1d26e3069eaf73205a05038b480149707ddb7e8"
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 SB 120 (2021_22) — Solicitors-General of State Courts; honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide for the honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; to provide for qualifications; to provide for certificate; 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. **As introduced LC 28 0042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197122.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199864.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 28 1877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202397.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 2 AM 34 0826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207568.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 2A AM 34 0827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207571.pdf)
6. **LC 41 3189S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202076.pdf)
7. **SB 120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207980.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-02-28** House Insisted
- **2022-03-01** Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
- **2022-03-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Act 521 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-02** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b9b0f3a-4cd1-4c48-9a4b-68f74a67fb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).