Property; covenants which infringe upon owners' right to display United States and Georgia flags; prohibit
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to prohibit covenants for a planned subdivision and a property owners' association which infringe upon a lot owner's right to display the United States and Georgia flags; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2022
Last action Mar 1, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2022
How they voted
137–0
Passed · 16 other
Total votes 153
Feb 28, 2022
D
Democratic62
82% Yea
R
Republican91
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 1, 2022
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Burchett
RRepublican
P
Jason Ridley
RRepublican
P
John Corbett
RRepublican
P
Mitchell Scoggins
RRepublican
P
Steven Sainz
RRepublican
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