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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to change provisions relating to the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 146"
citation: "Georgia HB 146 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronnie Mabra", "Tom Weldon", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-29"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fa9e651-33bd-4b58-8244-44b5c8ba1fb0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3476a6a1c381497196322aadeb4056b889b36217a71cbb4fc53cb1d5664c72d3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 146 (2013_14) — Criminal procedure; the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; change provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to change provisions relating to the issuance of arrest and search warrants by video conference; 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 146/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135847.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5396/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129081.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 33 5178S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134495.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **166–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-29** House Hopper
- **2013-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 179 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fa9e651-33bd-4b58-8244-44b5c8ba1fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).