republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-804.md

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Bill	Trial proceedings; testimony of a child ten years old or younger by closed circuit television and persons entitled to be present; repeal provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of trial proceedings, so as to repeal provisions relating to the testimony of a child ten years old or younger by closed circuit television and persons entitled to be present; to provide for the testimony of individuals under 18 years of age outside the physical presence of an accused in criminal proceedings under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 804	Georgia HB 804 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Buzz Brockway Edward Lindsey LaDawn Jones Matt Ramsey	7	18	1	2014-01-22	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/698b9ab1-98ff-40c9-8268-9147341a5ebd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bdce4f192b6ef18763b6c487cf87b431abe32bac01eb5ca21d26348bb650ca28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 804 (2013_14) — Trial proceedings; testimony of a child ten years old or younger by closed circuit television and persons entitled to be present; repeal provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of trial proceedings, so as to repeal provisions relating to the testimony of a child ten years old or younger by closed circuit television and persons entitled to be present; to provide for the testimony of individuals under 18 years of age outside the physical presence of an accused in criminal proceedings under certain circumstances; 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 804/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5801ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5932ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5932ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 804 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6049ERS (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2327 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• LaDawn Jones — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-22 House Hopper
• 2014-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 512 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/698b9ab1-98ff-40c9-8268-9147341a5ebd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).