republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-874.md

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Bill	Courts; ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; improve	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 24, and Code Section 42-5-18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to access to hearings and records, crimes and offenses, relevant evidence and its limits, and items prohibited for possession by inmates, respectively, so as to improve the ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 874	Georgia HB 874 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bert Reeves Brian Strickland Chuck Efstration Earl Ehrhart Matt Ramsey Rich Golick	7	16	1	2016-01-28	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/c0e028fa-ebfc-4b3e-b861-ffec59a1e4e9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9673c4c8ac704dbd8588e3c0e96c9e91fa8cc5e308a9ac698ebe2680dd3010f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 874 (2015_16) — Courts; ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; improve

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 24, and Code Section 42-5-18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to access to hearings and records, crimes and offenses, relevant evidence and its limits, and items prohibited for possession by inmates, respectively, so as to improve the ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; 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 874/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6835ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6981ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6981ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 874 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor AM 1 AM 41 0210 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 29 7087ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 106–60 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-28 House Hopper
• 2016-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 606 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0e028fa-ebfc-4b3e-b861-ffec59a1e4e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).