republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-320.md

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Bill	Veterans Court Divisions; create	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general court provisions, so as to create veterans court divisions; to amend Code Section 35-3-37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to review of an individual's criminal history record information, definitions, privacy considerations, written application requesting review, and inspection, so as to restrict access to records of individuals who successfully complete a veterans court program; to amend Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to suspension of license for certain drug offenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 320	Georgia SB 320 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Butch Miller Cecil Staton Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler Curt Thompson David Lucas Don Balfour Donzella James Ed Harbison Emanuel Jones Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Horacena Tate Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Lester Jackson Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Ronnie Chance Steve Henson Vincent Fort	4	15	1	2014-01-23	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e6b0cd65-30e0-4e4a-bb7c-659dbf6249a1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	26ba754aacd54871197df316b78a792fe90f401c9b275ab878fce9676c54dba6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 320 (2013_14) — Veterans Court Divisions; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general court provisions, so as to create veterans court divisions; to amend Code Section 35-3-37 of the O.C.G.A., relating to review of an individual's criminal history record information, definitions, privacy considerations, written application requesting review, and inspection, so as to restrict access to records of individuals who successfully complete a veterans court program; to amend Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to suspension of license for certain drug offenses; 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. As introduced LC 29 5779 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 5940S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 320/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Don Balfour — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-23 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 483 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e6b0cd65-30e0-4e4a-bb7c-659dbf6249a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).