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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; crime of cargo theft; provide"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 749"
citation: "Georgia HB 749 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B.J. Pak", "Charles Martin", "Geoff Duncan", "Kevin Tanner", "Rich Golick", "Roger Rutledge"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-15"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b37292-68ef-45ad-ae6e-10469951ec38"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cea452852f9bfd1d244dba1f208e8c3fd85ba38c6adf2aa9f1008d7eda691821"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144912.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6889/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137482.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5935S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140725.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5935S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139928.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144888.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1612** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1b37292-68ef-45ad-ae6e-10469951ec38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).