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Bill	Georgia Squatter Reform Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-7-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal trespass, so as to include when a person enters a land or premises for purposes of residing on such land or premises; to provide a short title; to provide for a definition; to provide for a violation and penalty; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings against intruders, so as to provide for the submission of a property affidavit in magistrate court; to provide that proceedings regarding a writ of possession are not required to be jury trials; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1017	Georgia HB 1017 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Yearta Clint Crowe Deborah Silcox Devan Seabaugh James Burchett Matt Reeves	4	15	2	2024-01-24	2024-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/f90d2a37-fc01-4032-8ff8-174ee841e177	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7587b7718f38985a5a8206d09b715a858ab2192f1cb4cdfd53ea7a612e592897	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1017 (2023_24) — Georgia Squatter Reform Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-7-21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal trespass, so as to include when a person enters a land or premises for purposes of residing on such land or premises; to provide a short title; to provide for a definition; to provide for a violation and penalty; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to proceedings against intruders, so as to provide for the submission of a property affidavit in magistrate court; to provide that proceedings regarding a writ of possession are not required to be jury trials; 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 1017/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1084/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1242S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1242S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #591 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #776 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Yearta — primary (person)
• Clint Crowe — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 483 executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f90d2a37-fc01-4032-8ff8-174ee841e177. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).