republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-749.md

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Bill	Crimes and offenses; crime of cargo theft; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crime of cargo theft; to provide for a definition; to provide for penalties; to provide for the crime of unlawful possession or use of a fifth wheel; to amend Code Section 35-3-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation generally, so as to provide the GBI with jurisdiction with regard to cargo theft; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 749	Georgia HB 749 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Charles Martin Geoff Duncan Kevin Tanner Rich Golick Roger Rutledge	5	18	1	2014-01-15	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a1b37292-68ef-45ad-ae6e-10469951ec38	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cea452852f9bfd1d244dba1f208e8c3fd85ba38c6adf2aa9f1008d7eda691821	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 749 (2013_14) — Crimes and offenses; crime of cargo theft; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crime of cargo theft; to provide for a definition; to provide for penalties; to provide for the crime of unlawful possession or use of a fifth wheel; to amend Code Section 35-3-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to powers and duties of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation generally, so as to provide the GBI with jurisdiction with regard to cargo theft; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and for applicability; 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 749/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6889/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5935S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5935S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1363 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-15 House Hopper
• 2014-01-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 507 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1b37292-68ef-45ad-ae6e-10469951ec38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).