---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forgery and Fraudulent Practices; identity fraud; add medical identity fraud"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forgery and fraudulent practices, so as to add medical identity fraud to the provisions relating to identity fraud; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Georgia SB 170 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judson Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527e1177-d9f6-42e8-b337-8c493659c8cc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7f345aa941752d0dce8947114fd413f3d2aa298f7fcabac11a54da9032db935e"
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 170 (2013_14) — Forgery and Fraudulent Practices; identity fraud; add medical identity fraud

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forgery and fraudulent practices, so as to add medical identity fraud to the provisions relating to identity fraud; to provide for definitions; 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. **As introduced LC 28 6363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131004.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133621.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5635S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134446.pdf)
4. **SB 170/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137187.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **52–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judson Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 334 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/527e1177-d9f6-42e8-b337-8c493659c8cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).