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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Officials; bail bond business; modify provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous offenses concerning public officers and employees, so as to modify provisions relating to public officials engaging in the bail bond business; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 16"
+citation: "Georgia SB 16 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Brass"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-15"
+last_action: "2025-02-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c6c146b-e5b1-4ecd-a113-f2084fa74f6a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "48d082afa144e4b3f75d34afd506006ca209cdf96c8f579d3f9823bc3889dc5e"
+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 16 (2025_26) — Public Officials; bail bond business; modify provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to miscellaneous offenses concerning public officers and employees, so as to modify provisions relating to public officials engaging in the bail bond business; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 0399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230007.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230925.pdf)
+3. **SB 16/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233564.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #65 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–6** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #18 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-01-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-02-03** Senate Transmitted House
+- **2025-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-02-24** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-02-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-02-25** Act 1 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-02-25** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c6c146b-e5b1-4ecd-a113-f2084fa74f6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+