---
type: "Bill"
title: "Family Violence Order; provide greater protection of victims of family violence"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 and Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking and criminal procedure, respectively, so as to provide greater protection to victims of family violence; to define \"family violence order\"; to change provisions relating to arrests with and without warrants involving family violence orders; to change provisions relating to bail for persons charged with violating family violence orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Georgia SB 86 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd8ea7a-1733-4cf1-b6c9-5bce8c44231f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "21f965bf7b1b998f1d39bba1ae940f71e9d6a5336fa3291b2c95c98fc0b33482"
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 86 (2013_14) — Family Violence Order; provide greater protection of victims of family violence

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 and Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking and criminal procedure, respectively, so as to provide greater protection to victims of family violence; to define "family violence order"; to change provisions relating to arrests with and without warrants involving family violence orders; to change provisions relating to bail for persons charged with violating family violence orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 29 5411** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129337.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131504.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 5486S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130985.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131426.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131463.pdf)
6. **LC 29 5550S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132230.pdf)
7. **LC 29 5655S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135288.pdf)
8. **SB 86/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137159.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jesse Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-30** Senate Hopper
- **2013-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 207 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd8ea7a-1733-4cf1-b6c9-5bce8c44231f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).