republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-233.md

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Bill	Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Titles 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 27, 36, 38, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, and 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alcoholic beverages, appeal and error, banking and finance, commerce and trade, conservation and natural resources, courts, criminal procedure, game and fish, local government, military, emergency management, veterans affairs, motor vehicles and traffic, public officers and employees, public utilities and public transportation, revenue and taxation, social services, waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 233	Georgia HB 233 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alex Atwood Emory Dunahoo Harry Geisinger Mike Dudgeon Rick Jasperse	5	16	1	2015-02-04	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0ca8cc20-15ac-4074-a4ae-e66acc0f6245	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8530b2ea7a6c6e829730e277ed7169416a5e0a6ec151ebbafc90729446832360	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 233 (2015_16) — Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Titles 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 27, 36, 38, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, and 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alcoholic beverages, appeal and error, banking and finance, commerce and trade, conservation and natural resources, courts, criminal procedure, game and fish, local government, military, emergency management, veterans affairs, motor vehicles and traffic, public officers and employees, public utilities and public transportation, revenue and taxation, social services, waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; 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 233/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6306/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6456S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6456S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen fl amend 1 AM 28 1443 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Atwood — primary (person)
• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-04 House Hopper
• 2015-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-14 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 98 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ca8cc20-15ac-4074-a4ae-e66acc0f6245. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).