---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; livestock theft; increased penalties; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock theft, so as to provide for increased penalties; 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 827"
citation: "Georgia HB 827 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "David Huddleston", "Leesa Hagan", "Rob Leverett", "Robert Dickey", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7235d73b-279b-4837-b53f-6933a04812df"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ae8da9214b596e2dc79bc1c723ceee541c89b1972210a480db9533a32a50de3a"
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 827 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; livestock theft; increased penalties; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock theft, so as to provide for increased penalties; 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 827/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228436.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0966/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219434.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1218S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225522.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1218S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225017.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 56 0167S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226740.pdf)
6. **Senate floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227644.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #675 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **24–30** (fail) · upper
- Senate Vote #676 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #743 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **159–2** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #542 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **156–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-30** Act 499 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7235d73b-279b-4837-b53f-6933a04812df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).