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Bill	Criminal procedure; the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to change provisions relating to the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 146	Georgia HB 146 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Ronnie Mabra Tom Weldon Wendell Willard	3	16	1	2013-01-29	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7fa9e651-33bd-4b58-8244-44b5c8ba1fb0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3476a6a1c381497196322aadeb4056b889b36217a71cbb4fc53cb1d5664c72d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 146 (2013_14) — Criminal procedure; the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to change provisions relating to the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; 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 146/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5396/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 33 5178S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — 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
• 2013-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 179 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fa9e651-33bd-4b58-8244-44b5c8ba1fb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).