republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-59.md

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Bill	Governor; Office of the Inspector General; establish	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Governor, so as to establish the Office of the Inspector General; to provide for definitions; to provide for duties; to provide certain powers; to provide procedures for the application of the duties and powers of such office; to provide a duty to report certain actions; to provide for employment of peace officers; 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	SB 59	Georgia SB 59 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Mike Hodges Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Shawn Still Shelly Echols	3	15	2	2023-01-31	2023-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b79d3d52-4448-4f0e-8ad2-80c55535a806	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5560f17705884b5ec6b9694364e36afdafd456e2c8c5fe8ed206127ea1087bb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 59 (2023_24) — Governor; Office of the Inspector General; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Governor, so as to establish the Office of the Inspector General; to provide for definitions; to provide for duties; to provide certain powers; to provide procedures for the application of the duties and powers of such office; to provide a duty to report certain actions; to provide for employment of peace officers; 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. As introduced LC 44 2202EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 59/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #254 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #48 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-21 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-03-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-29 Act 5 executive-signature
• 2023-03-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b79d3d52-4448-4f0e-8ad2-80c55535a806. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).