republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-487.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Offenses against public health and morals; Georgia Lottery; correct a cross reference"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to correct a cross reference; to clarify the application of certain provisions to the Georgia Lottery; 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 487"
citation: "Georgia HB 487 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Ramsey"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc4abd29-03a1-4e2b-9b21-2bcdf6838359"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "23de74d52fa2ff16edff6d495661e17863809a8a028f28858ed1a882d9e05694"
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 487 (2013_14) — Offenses against public health and morals; Georgia Lottery; correct a cross reference

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to correct a cross reference; to clarify the application of certain provisions to the Georgia Lottery; 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 487/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137061.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3787/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132429.pdf)
3. **LC 34 3808ER-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133649.pdf)
4. **LC 34 3808ER-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132908.pdf)
5. **LC 34 3899-ECS/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136376.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB 487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134649.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 3830ER-ECS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134161.pdf)
8. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 33 1327** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134694.pdf)
9. **Sen floor amend 10** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134616.pdf)
10. **Sen floor amend 11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134650.pdf)
11. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134513.pdf)
12. **Sen floor amend 3 AM 34 0602** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134518.pdf)
13. **Sen floor amend 4 AM 34 0599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134522.pdf)
14. **Sen floor amend 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134538.pdf)
15. **Sen floor amend 6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134574.pdf)
16. **Sen floor amend 7 AM 36 0418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134589.pdf)
17. **Sen floor amend 7a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134603.pdf)
18. **Sen floor amend 7b** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134605.pdf)
19. **Sen floor amend 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134593.pdf)
20. **Sen floor amend 9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134620.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **166–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-26** House Hopper
- **2013-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-20** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-03-21** Senate Insisted
- **2013-03-22** House Insisted
- **2013-03-22** House Conference Committee Appointed 72nd, 14th, 168th
- **2013-03-25** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 45th, 49th, 54th
- **2013-03-28** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2013-03-28** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2013-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-10** Act 15 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc4abd29-03a1-4e2b-9b21-2bcdf6838359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).