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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure; sentencing; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to change provisions relating to sentencing; to provide credit for time served; to change provisions relating to the commencement of a sentence when the case has been appealed; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 984"
+citation: "Georgia HB 984 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "James Burchett", "Josh McLaurin", "Steven Sainz", "William Boddie"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-20"
+last_action: "2021-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477ec0b1-5694-4bea-a958-19a55fa45629"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "01ba895fa81130174a65a6440572969c89d068992e46db80fb071c8e6aa537a5"
+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 984 (2019_20) — Criminal procedure; sentencing; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to change provisions relating to sentencing; to provide credit for time served; to change provisions relating to the commencement of a sentence when the case has been appealed; 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. **HB 984/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195323.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 9607/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190471.pdf)
+3. **LC 28 9675S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192663.pdf)
+4. **LC 28 9675S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191469.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
+- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
+- William Boddie — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
+- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-29** Act 503 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477ec0b1-5694-4bea-a958-19a55fa45629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+