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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: "Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to revise provisions relating to the enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to clarify the portions of the Code which have the effect of law; to clarify the matter included in the Code that does not have the effect of law; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Code Revision Commission, so as to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to state content; to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to supplementary content; to revise a provision relating to copyright of the Code; 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 238"
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citation: "Georgia SB 238 (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: ["Brian Strickland"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-23"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d24e66-d372-4b17-9c40-b8c38273441d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "17655bbc321f40a88cd9dd53ec2578578e03f1e8b4a67ee5e203f9d22f8248cb"
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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 238 (2021_22) — Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions, so as to revise provisions relating to the enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; to clarify the portions of the Code which have the effect of law; to clarify the matter included in the Code that does not have the effect of law; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Code Revision Commission, so as to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to state content; to clarify the oversight of the commission with respect to supplementary content; to revise a provision relating to copyright of the Code; 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 33 8590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198511.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199881.pdf)
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3. **LC 33 8779S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200691.pdf)
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4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201823.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-23** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-24** 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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- **2021-03-08** 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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- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 306 `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/57d24e66-d372-4b17-9c40-b8c38273441d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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