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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; provide for qualification of constables"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to constables, clerk, and other court personnel, so as to provide for the qualification of constables; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 166"
+citation: "Georgia HB 166 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "David Knight", "Karen Mathiak", "Lauren Daniel", "Stan Gunter"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e27c9d3-1b34-45ea-8c8f-1ee3a57d6425"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "599bf021255fc22f7c688e84ecdbc5571bbf8b9c1408c86535acf5f60d9b1ded"
+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 166 (2023_24) — Courts; provide for qualification of constables
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to constables, clerk, and other court personnel, so as to provide for the qualification of constables; 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 166/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223313.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2067/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213267.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #483 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #159 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
+- Lauren Daniel — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-31** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 574 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e27c9d3-1b34-45ea-8c8f-1ee3a57d6425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+