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Bill Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act; enact A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding proof generally, so as to enact the "Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act"; to provide for unsworn declarations to have the same effect as sworn declarations in certain circumstances; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability and construction; to provide for a short title; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to perjury and related offenses, so as to include unsworn declarations in the offense of perjury; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 80 Georgia HB 80 (2023_24)
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Georgia HB 80 (2023_24) — Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding proof generally, so as to enact the "Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act"; to provide for unsworn declarations to have the same effect as sworn declarations in certain circumstances; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; to provide for applicability and construction; to provide for a short title; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 10 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to perjury and related offenses, so as to include unsworn declarations in the offense of perjury; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 80/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 49 1142/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 49 1212S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 49 1276S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 49 1276S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen ctee sub LC 49 1420S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #52 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1740 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #347 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1750 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #286 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 422 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mary Oliver — primary (person)
  • Rob Leverett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-25 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-02-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-09 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2023-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2023-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-15 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Tabled
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2023-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-01 Act 59 executive-signature
  • 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f45d37b4-fb97-4a4b-9966-76bf3234a38d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).