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type: "Bill"
title: "Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 238"
citation: "Georgia SB 238 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57d24e66-d372-4b17-9c40-b8c38273441d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "17655bbc321f40a88cd9dd53ec2578578e03f1e8b4a67ee5e203f9d22f8248cb"
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 238 (2021_22) — Code Of Georgia; enactment of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise provisions
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced LC 33 8590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198511.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199881.pdf)
3. **LC 33 8779S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200691.pdf)
4. **SB 238/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201823.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-23** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** 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`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10** Act 306 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
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).