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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warrants for arrest, so as to provide for personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1131"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1131 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Reeves", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Soo Hong", "Steven Sainz", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef06851-3bb9-4dc0-929f-c3d1d6167e99"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0a88e29258831e1b7760cb31be302cb536859bf183816f01d47180c8bf5217b8"
+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 1131 (2025_26) — Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warrants for arrest, so as to provide for personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; 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 1131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249069.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 1685/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241161.pdf)
+3. **SCSFA to HB 1131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248990.pdf)
+4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1822S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246187.pdf)
+5. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248973.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #865 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #948 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #577 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+- Soo Hong — primary (person)
+- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 482 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ef06851-3bb9-4dc0-929f-c3d1d6167e99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+