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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Probation services; provide for legislative findings and intent; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agreements for probation services, so as to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for the supervision of misdemeanor and county and city ordinance offenders by county and municipal probation officers and private probation services providers; to provide for the revocation, modification, and tolling of sentences under certain circumstances by county and municipal courts; to provide for the conditions of probation; to provide for the assessment and collection of costs of probation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 837"
+citation: "Georgia HB 837 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Howard Maxwell", "Jay Powell", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mark Hamilton", "Rich Golick"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-24"
+last_action: "2014-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1efe5f9e-67c9-4659-b72a-46f532cf4aac"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5acb09c97979d7758c269f2d5b5ed42d7e97b5d0c55faad6538419795ed8b1f7"
+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 HB 837 (2013_14) — Probation services; provide for legislative findings and intent; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agreements for probation services, so as to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for the supervision of misdemeanor and county and city ordinance offenders by county and municipal probation officers and private probation services providers; to provide for the revocation, modification, and tolling of sentences under certain circumstances by county and municipal courts; to provide for the conditions of probation; to provide for the assessment and collection of costs of probation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 837/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144916.pdf)
+2. **HB 837/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140950.pdf)
+3. **LC 28 6949/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138103.pdf)
+4. **LC 41 0173S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138938.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144225.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6048S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143511.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143840.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Abrams AM 41 0008 — **84–81** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
+- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
+- Rich Golick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-24** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-07** House Postponed
+- **2014-02-10** House Tabled
+- **2014-02-21** House Taken from Table
+- **2014-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-29** Veto V6 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1efe5f9e-67c9-4659-b72a-46f532cf4aac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+