republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-83.md

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Bill	Counties; support of paupers; provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the supervision and support of paupers, so as to provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 83	Georgia SB 83 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Earl Carter Frank Ginn Jeff Mullis Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Ross Tolleson Steve Gooch	4	15	1	2013-01-30	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ef423b6b-df5e-41d6-8f82-24912216e8a3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	23f22a0ca8ed29d9989de43ba6f7eed8036355613e442be546c8bf9f62c0b754	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 83 (2013_14) — Counties; support of paupers; provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the supervision and support of paupers, so as to provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents; 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 41 0035 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 41 0003 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 83/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-30 Senate Hopper
• 2013-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-02-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-02-22 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2013-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 208 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef423b6b-df5e-41d6-8f82-24912216e8a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).