---
type: "Bill"
title: "Theft; provide for the crime of retail theft; penalties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crime of retail theft; to provide for penalties; 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 382"
citation: "Georgia SB 382 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Jeff Mullis", "Ronnie Chance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-14"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/196459df-51ae-4c93-b5af-96cd0263d0ce"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6329de518d57510dfb02e1e3cd1163620f0a2c3f6c5cb06a9bb5e1402f4dcdea"
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 382 (2013_14) — Theft; provide for the crime of retail theft; penalties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crime of retail theft; to provide for penalties; 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 28 7080** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139698.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141792.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 28 7136S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141351.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6025S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143023.pdf)
5. **SB 382/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145027.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Ronnie Chance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 566 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/196459df-51ae-4c93-b5af-96cd0263d0ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).