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Bill	Probation services; provide for legislative findings and intent; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agreements for probation services, so as to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for the supervision of misdemeanor and county and city ordinance offenders by county and municipal probation officers and private probation services providers; to provide for the revocation, modification, and tolling of sentences under certain circumstances by county and municipal courts; to provide for the conditions of probation; to provide for the assessment and collection of costs of probation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 837	Georgia HB 837 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Howard Maxwell Jay Powell Mandi Ballinger Mark Hamilton Rich Golick	7	21	1	2014-01-24	2014-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/1efe5f9e-67c9-4659-b72a-46f532cf4aac	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5acb09c97979d7758c269f2d5b5ed42d7e97b5d0c55faad6538419795ed8b1f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 837 (2013_14) — Probation services; provide for legislative findings and intent; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to agreements for probation services, so as to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for the supervision of misdemeanor and county and city ordinance offenders by county and municipal probation officers and private probation services providers; to provide for the revocation, modification, and tolling of sentences under certain circumstances by county and municipal courts; to provide for the conditions of probation; to provide for the assessment and collection of costs of probation; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 837/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 837/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 28 6949/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0173S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 837 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6048S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1353 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Abrams AM 41 0008 — 84–81 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-24 House Hopper
• 2014-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-07 House Postponed
• 2014-02-10 House Tabled
• 2014-02-21 House Taken from Table
• 2014-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-04 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-29 Veto V6 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1efe5f9e-67c9-4659-b72a-46f532cf4aac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).