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| Bill | Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to revise certain arrest powers; to provide for arrests by a law enforcement officer outside of the jurisdiction of his or her employing law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; to revise the grounds for arrest by a private person; to repeal in its entirety Article 4 of Chapter 4, relating to arrest by private persons; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor carrier compliance division; to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 479 | Georgia HB 479 (2021_22) |
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5 | 18 | 1 | 2021-02-16 | 2021-05-10 | openstates | ocd-bill/d2a8721a-c122-455a-86e4-f88bb10e5d02 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 1182bcf137b6ba20c23e0836f3c05dbb734d019e7162324bdafb3aa6a8837408 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 479 (2021_22) — Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to revise certain arrest powers; to provide for arrests by a law enforcement officer outside of the jurisdiction of his or her employing law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; to revise the grounds for arrest by a private person; to repeal in its entirety Article 4 of Chapter 4, relating to arrest by private persons; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor carrier compliance division; to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 479/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 2942-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 3075-ECS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 3075-ECS/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0539 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 173–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Don Hogan — primary (person)
- Gloria Frazier — primary (person)
- William Boddie — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-16 House Hopper
- 2021-02-17 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-18 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-08 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-08 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-09 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-22 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
passage - 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-09 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-10 Act 264
executive-signature - 2021-05-10 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2a8721a-c122-455a-86e4-f88bb10e5d02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).