republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-96.md

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Bill	State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide that a part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 96	Georgia SB 96 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chuck Hufstetler Curt Thompson David Shafer Jason Carter Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Crosby Joshua McKoon	4	15	1	2013-02-05	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	021ca05459454cd6e16f75809f3ad1b4cddb587aa9af8495d03072e2c9067274	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 96 (2013_14) — State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide that a part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court; 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 28 6449 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 28 1229 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 96/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Jason Carter — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Crosby — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-05 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2013-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-22 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 211 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).