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Bill	Crimes and offenses; protection of disabled adults and elder persons; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Code Section 24-13-130, Chapter 5 of Title 30, and Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, when depositions to preserve testimony in criminal proceedings may be taken, protection of disabled adults and elder persons, and reporting abuse or exploitation of residents in long-term care facilities; to change provisions relating to cruelty to a person 65 years of age or older; to prohibit exploitation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents; to move relevant criminal penalties from Title 30 into Title 16; to amend Code Section 17-17-3, Title 31, Chapter 3 of Title 35, and Code Sections 42-8-63.1 and 49-2-14.1 of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for conforming cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 78	Georgia HB 78 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Edward Lindsey Jan Jones Penny Houston Sharon Cooper Stacey Abrams Wendell Willard	7	17	1	2013-01-16	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a8de2905-a141-4d13-ab69-18579f3e29fc	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	faafd9040af37590a74c855373448f2ec6d7ca0b9680d24d538a69462b86496c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 78 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; protection of disabled adults and elder persons; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Code Section 24-13-130, Chapter 5 of Title 30, and Article 4 of Chapter 8 of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, when depositions to preserve testimony in criminal proceedings may be taken, protection of disabled adults and elder persons, and reporting abuse or exploitation of residents in long-term care facilities; to change provisions relating to cruelty to a person 65 years of age or older; to prohibit exploitation of disabled adults, elder persons, and residents; to move relevant criminal penalties from Title 30 into Title 16; to amend Code Section 17-17-3, Title 31, Chapter 3 of Title 35, and Code Sections 42-8-63.1 and 49-2-14.1 of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for conforming cross-references; 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 78/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5363/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5555S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5555S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB78 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 5672S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2183 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-16 House Hopper
• 2013-01-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Postponed
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-03 Act 132 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8de2905-a141-4d13-ab69-18579f3e29fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).