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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Solicitors-General of State Courts; honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; provide"
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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."
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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: "SB 120"
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citation: "Georgia SB 120 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Elena Parent", "Gail Davenport", "Harold Jones II", "John Kennedy", "Lindsey Tippins", "Max Burns"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2022-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9b0f3a-4cd1-4c48-9a4b-68f74a67fb6f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "78ff2a2b8eb6e5c71839ab07c1d26e3069eaf73205a05038b480149707ddb7e8"
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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 120 (2021_22) — Solicitors-General of State Courts; honorary office of solicitor-general emeritus; provide
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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.
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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 0042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197122.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199864.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 28 1877** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202397.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 2 AM 34 0826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207568.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2A AM 34 0827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207571.pdf)
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6. **LC 41 3189S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202076.pdf)
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7. **SB 120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207980.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-02-28** House Insisted
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-02** Act 521 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-02** 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/9b9b0f3a-4cd1-4c48-9a4b-68f74a67fb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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