republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-187.md

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Bill	Controlled substances; date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; change	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-32.6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances or marijuana in, on, or within drug-free commercial zones, so as to change the date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 187	Georgia HB 187 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Dee Dawkins-Haigler Doug Holt Pam Dickerson Pam Stephenson Roger Rutledge	2	15	1	2013-02-01	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c25b7eb4-0702-4de8-a1c5-2482f6e92ab7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7b5fe4199756b6d0562e125f46a97fe09e8640b6148c782843f1f5c1e77fe343	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 187 (2013_14) — Controlled substances; date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-32.6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing with intent to distribute controlled substances or marijuana in, on, or within drug-free commercial zones, so as to change the date of incorporation of local ordinances by reference; 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 187/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 1905/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 171–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Dee Dawkins-Haigler — primary (person)
• Doug Holt — primary (person)
• Pam Dickerson — primary (person)
• Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-01 House Hopper
• 2013-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 251 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c25b7eb4-0702-4de8-a1c5-2482f6e92ab7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).