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type: "Bill"
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title: "State holidays; September 11 as First Responders Appreciation Day; designate"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to designate September 11 of each year as \"First Responders Appreciation Day\" in Georgia; to provide legislative findings; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 373"
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citation: "Georgia HB 373 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Derrick McCollum", "Dexter Sharper", "Sandra Scott", "Sheila Jones", "Steven Sainz"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-13"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fc77e6f-277b-4c0f-ae01-3d5c0774989f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4d0caa168ef4fde75b88b80bf440340165cb27fb35e2f69ea7ec0e1d17912df6"
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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 HB 373 (2023_24) — State holidays; September 11 as First Responders Appreciation Day; designate
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and observances, so as to designate September 11 of each year as "First Responders Appreciation Day" in Georgia; to provide legislative findings; 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. **HB 373/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218634.pdf)
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2. **LC 55 0025/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214387.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #248 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #133 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
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- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
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- Sheila Jones — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-26** Act 36 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/8fc77e6f-277b-4c0f-ae01-3d5c0774989f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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