republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-139.md

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Bill	Sheriffs; general qualification requirements; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding sheriffs, so as to revise the general qualification requirements for sheriffs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 139	Georgia HB 139 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Amy Carter Buzz Brockway Mark Hamilton Rick Jasperse Willie Talton	5	19	1	2013-01-29	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1f80698f-12fd-42b8-a574-84b8a1c7a149	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	795cf2ae4feb28b8f896f67f292f601866fc7adc361950eb2e5fbafed1c8d9d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 139 (2013_14) — Sheriffs; general qualification requirements; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding sheriffs, so as to revise the general qualification requirements for sheriffs; 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 139/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6313/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5518S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5518S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 28 6741S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
• Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Willie Talton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-29 House Hopper
• 2013-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 202 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f80698f-12fd-42b8-a574-84b8a1c7a149. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).