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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to revise certain arrest powers; to provide for arrests by a law enforcement officer outside of the jurisdiction of his or her employing law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; to revise the grounds for arrest by a private person; to repeal in its entirety Article 4 of Chapter 4, relating to arrest by private persons; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor carrier compliance division; to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 479"
+citation: "Georgia HB 479 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Buddy DeLoach", "Carl Gilliard", "Don Hogan", "Gloria Frazier", "William Boddie"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-16"
+last_action: "2021-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a8721a-c122-455a-86e4-f88bb10e5d02"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1182bcf137b6ba20c23e0836f3c05dbb734d019e7162324bdafb3aa6a8837408"
+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 479 (2021_22) — Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to revise certain arrest powers; to provide for arrests by a law enforcement officer outside of the jurisdiction of his or her employing law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; to revise the grounds for arrest by a private person; to repeal in its entirety Article 4 of Chapter 4, relating to arrest by private persons; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor carrier compliance division; to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 479/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202470.pdf)
+2. **LC 41 2942-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197751.pdf)
+3. **LC 41 3075-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200005.pdf)
+4. **LC 41 3075-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199634.pdf)
+5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201886.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **173–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
+- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Don Hogan — primary (person)
+- Gloria Frazier — primary (person)
+- William Boddie — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-16** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-10** Act 264 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-10** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2a8721a-c122-455a-86e4-f88bb10e5d02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+