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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; information provided to compile state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists; clarify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15, Code Sections 21-2-231, 31-2A-4, 35-3-33, and 40-5-2, and Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, lists of persons convicted of felonies, persons identified as noncitizens, persons declared mentally incompetent, and deceased persons, the Department of Public Health's obligation to safeguard and promote the health of people of this state, the powers and duties of the Georgia Crime Information Center, keeping of records or applications for driver's licenses and information on licenses and furnishing such information, and penal institutions, respectively, so as to clarify information to be provided in order to compile state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists; to change provisions relating to the eligibility of persons to serve on a jury; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 776"
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citation: "Georgia HB 776 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Andrew Welch", "B.J. Pak", "Barry Fleming", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-01-17"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1165035b-629d-4e8a-b9f7-afe984fb7915"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "23c56a12a5cac92ac042b21de04c0e82625b3523b9093b73f9d60a9359e9075f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 776 (2013_14) — Courts; information provided to compile state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists; clarify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15, Code Sections 21-2-231, 31-2A-4, 35-3-33, and 40-5-2, and Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, lists of persons convicted of felonies, persons identified as noncitizens, persons declared mentally incompetent, and deceased persons, the Department of Public Health's obligation to safeguard and promote the health of people of this state, the powers and duties of the Georgia Crime Information Center, keeping of records or applications for driver's licenses and information on licenses and furnishing such information, and penal institutions, respectively, so as to clarify information to be provided in order to compile state-wide master jury lists and county master jury lists; to change provisions relating to the eligibility of persons to serve on a jury; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 776/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144707.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 5766/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137627.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-01-17** House Hopper
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- **2014-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-22** Act 578 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1165035b-629d-4e8a-b9f7-afe984fb7915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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