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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide that a part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "SB 96"
+citation: "Georgia SB 96 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Curt Thompson", "David Shafer", "Jason Carter", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "Joshua McKoon"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-05"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "021ca05459454cd6e16f75809f3ad1b4cddb587aa9af8495d03072e2c9067274"
+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 96 (2013_14) — State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide that a part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court; 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 28 6449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129745.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133098.pdf)
+3. **Floor amend 1 AM 28 1229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133150.pdf)
+4. **SB 96/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137082.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
+- David Shafer — primary (person)
+- Jason Carter — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Crosby — primary (person)
+- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-05** Senate Hopper
+- **2013-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 211 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+