---
type: "Bill"
title: "Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to prevent organized retail crime; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for certain record-keeping and reporting requirements for the sale and purchase of stored value cards; to provide for certain record-keeping and reporting requirements for the sale of goods by third-party sellers on online marketplaces; to provide for penalties for failure to comply; to provide for confidentiality; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to theft, so as to define certain terms relating to retail property fencing, shoplifting, and refund fraud; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Georgia HB 327 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "Erick Allen", "Martin Momtahan", "Matt Hatchett", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c412f27-d7b0-411c-a40d-e73089d90adb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cef306864923550af8a66115a518cb3702c00e478e7266d6f2837a73f4d6ed4b"
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 HB 327 (2021_22) — Organized Retail Crime Prevention Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to prevent organized retail crime; to amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for certain record-keeping and reporting requirements for the sale and purchase of stored value cards; to provide for certain record-keeping and reporting requirements for the sale of goods by third-party sellers on online marketplaces; to provide for penalties for failure to comply; to provide for confidentiality; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to theft, so as to define certain terms relating to retail property fencing, shoplifting, and refund fraud; 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. **HB 327/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202459.pdf)
2. **LC 28 0056/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196931.pdf)
3. **LC 28 0288S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200102.pdf)
4. **LC 28 0288S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199637.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 0352S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201980.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3164S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201373.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **120–48** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Erick Allen — primary (person)
- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 163 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c412f27-d7b0-411c-a40d-e73089d90adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).