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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "SB 83"
+citation: "Georgia SB 83 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Harold Jones II", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6996e70-035d-46df-9739-286161cc69ff"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1965eee7849db9351db5c7ef36b59f7e6657b5094929188f8b181082bec876ae"
+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 83 (2023_24) — Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for 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. **As introduced LC 55 0007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213545.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216325.pdf)
+3. **LC 48 1314S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228390.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 1320S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228521.pdf)
+5. **SB 83/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229526.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #842 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #773 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #93 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Act 415 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6996e70-035d-46df-9739-286161cc69ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+