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| Bill | Attorney General; authority to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 15 of Title 45, and Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, general provisions regarding the Attorney General, and medical assistance generally, respectively, so as to provide for authority of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for authority of the Attorney General to employ peace officers for certain purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | SB 394 | Georgia SB 394 (2019_20) |
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Georgia SB 394 (2019_20) — Attorney General; authority to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 15 of Title 45, and Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, general provisions regarding the Attorney General, and medical assistance generally, respectively, so as to provide for authority of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for authority of the Attorney General to employ peace officers for certain purposes; 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.
- As introduced LC 41 2349 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 41 2384S (committee substitute) — source
- SB394/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 36–19 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-02-19 Senate Hopper
- 2020-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-27 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-03-03 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-03-04 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-03-05 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-06-17 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-19 House Postponed
- 2020-06-20 House Postponed
- 2020-06-22 House Postponed
- 2020-06-23 House Postponed
- 2020-06-24 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-06-24 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2020-06-25 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-29 Act 377
executive-signature - 2020-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/691aed0d-f9df-4a6b-8ba6-be2f71d437f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).