---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clayton County; limit power to deny county services to any resident on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to restrict and limit the powers of Clayton County to deny county services to a resident of such county on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party; to recite constitutional authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "Georgia HB 1217 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Demetrius Douglas", "El-Mahdi Holly", "Eric Bell", "Yasmin Neal"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8517eea6-5c2b-41fe-9f9f-043ac5c99635"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "27ef1d3b9d49b19b0dfc1986f0a6a2e5a3cd225c5c7bfb491536f794ea0833ed"
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 1217 (2023_24) — Clayton County; limit power to deny county services to any resident on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party

A BILL to be entitled an Act to restrict and limit the powers of Clayton County to deny county services to a resident of such county on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party; to recite constitutional authority; 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 1217/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226061.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2673/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223485.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223505.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
- Eric Bell — primary (person)
- Yasmin Neal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2024-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 642 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8517eea6-5c2b-41fe-9f9f-043ac5c99635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).