---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; crime of home invasion; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to damage to and intrusion upon property, so as to create the crime of home invasion; to provide for a definition; to provide for penalties; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 770"
citation: "Georgia HB 770 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Pak", "Chuck Efstration", "Edward Lindsey", "Mandi Ballinger", "Sharon Cooper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-17"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6162d81b-a5e1-4c91-b8e3-582c8e99bb9a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e5faf43fabbc3ab56408b8660cfca7e3c3809993cf08aa8d194f7cd9fac3d2c4"
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 770 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; crime of home invasion; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to damage to and intrusion upon property, so as to create the crime of home invasion; to provide for a definition; to provide for penalties; 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 770/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143391.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5934S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140664.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5934S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139924.pdf)
4. **LC 41 0116/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137636.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0231S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142683.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **109–61** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-17** House Hopper
- **2014-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-12** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 574 `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/6162d81b-a5e1-4c91-b8e3-582c8e99bb9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).