republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-23.md

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Bill	"Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish	A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the "Stacey Nicole English Act" and in her honor to aid in the location of missing persons who may be incapacitated due to serious medical conditions; to amend Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit minimum waiting periods for initiating a missing person report; to authorize a state-wide endangered person advisory based on a missing person's severe medical condition; to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to form and contents of application for registration of motor vehicles, so as to provide for emergency contact information in vehicle application registration forms; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 23	Georgia SB 23 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	David Lucas Donzella James Ed Harbison Emanuel Jones Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Horacena Tate Lester Jackson Nan Orrock Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Valencia Seay Vincent Fort	4	18	1	2012-12-21	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/74ebdeef-2476-4ec2-9d22-2e247b4508c8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d52b2f8c97f0c2277660dd1426c2413a1420c91bac9715af79e985406ed3149b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 23 (2013_14) — "Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the "Stacey Nicole English Act" and in her honor to aid in the location of missing persons who may be incapacitated due to serious medical conditions; to amend Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit minimum waiting periods for initiating a missing person report; to authorize a state-wide endangered person advisory based on a missing person's severe medical condition; to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to form and contents of application for registration of motor vehicles, so as to provide for emergency contact information in vehicle application registration forms; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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. As introduced LC 35 2784 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 23 Prefile (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 23/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-12-21 Senate Prefiled introduction
• 2013-01-17 Senate Hopper
• 2013-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-07 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-28 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 622 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74ebdeef-2476-4ec2-9d22-2e247b4508c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).