republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-60.md

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Bill	Secondary Metals Recyclers; it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to secondary metals recyclers, so as to provide that it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell used, detached catalytic converters, used utility wire, or used communications copper; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 60	Georgia SB 60 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bo Hatchett Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Gloria Butler Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Marty Harbin Max Burns Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Shawn Still Shelly Echols Valencia Seay	5	16	3	2023-01-31	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/193e01db-a0be-4be4-99e8-1ce810fdcfba	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c72ee281c157ea27734a05140cf9fa7a31f5b3165def18136da419e6f3830e91	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 60 (2023_24) — Secondary Metals Recyclers; it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to secondary metals recyclers, so as to provide that it shall be illegal for certain persons to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell or attempt to purchase, possess, obtain, or sell used, detached catalytic converters, used utility wire, or used communications copper; 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 28 0558 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 44 2244S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 0956S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 60/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #37 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #286 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 162–4 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #357 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — 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
• 2023-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-26 Act 31 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/193e01db-a0be-4be4-99e8-1ce810fdcfba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).