---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure; relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings for forfeiture of bonds or recognizances, so as to relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances; to change certain provisions relating to remission of forfeiture; 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 225"
citation: "Georgia SB 225 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Shafer", "Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-27"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a295d54f-52a7-436b-a90b-a719a29e6752"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4796a1f6dc18e7337ad0b52a5ad1abe372f0a50ff4f3f92189d1ab81a6ca0f01"
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 225 (2013_14) — Criminal Procedure; relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings for forfeiture of bonds or recognizances, so as to relieve a surety from liability under certain circumstances; to change certain provisions relating to remission of forfeiture; 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 29 5561ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132591.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133804.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 5597ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133135.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 29 2161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133679.pdf)
5. **LC 29 5684ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135276.pdf)
6. **SB 225/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137194.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Shafer — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-27** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 342 `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/a295d54f-52a7-436b-a90b-a719a29e6752`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).