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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"The Georgia Civics Renewal Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education accountability assessment programs, so as to create the Georgia Commission on Civics Education; to provide for membership, filling of vacancies, terms, officers, duties, meetings, and reimbursement of members of the commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 220"
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citation: "Georgia SB 220 (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", "Billy Hickman", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Frank Ginn", "Jason Anavitarte", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-22"
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last_action: "2022-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eac1289-d95c-4c59-8117-7961e960f754"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "625e82b5ceaea7aac67fa7684ab91818edec40254cd1039f4a156398066f60d2"
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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 220 (2021_22) — "The Georgia Civics Renewal Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education accountability assessment programs, so as to create the Georgia Commission on Civics Education; to provide for membership, filling of vacancies, terms, officers, duties, meetings, and reimbursement of members of the commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for 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 49 0440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198277.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199712.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 0463S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198935.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment AM 49 0066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212032.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201973.pdf)
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6. **LC 49 0508S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200361.pdf)
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7. **LC 49 0551S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201414.pdf)
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8. **SB 220/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212190.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — **32–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — 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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- **2021-02-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-28** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-28** Act 723 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-28** 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/6eac1289-d95c-4c59-8117-7961e960f754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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