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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Stacey Nicole English Act\"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the \"Stacey Nicole English Act\" and in her honor to aid in the location of missing persons who may be incapacitated due to serious medical conditions; to amend Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit minimum waiting periods for initiating a missing person report; to authorize a state-wide endangered person advisory based on a missing person's severe medical condition; to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to form and contents of application for registration of motor vehicles, so as to provide for emergency contact information in vehicle application registration forms; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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: "SB 23"
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citation: "Georgia SB 23 (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: ["David Lucas", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Emanuel Jones", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Horacena Tate", "Lester Jackson", "Nan Orrock", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "Valencia Seay", "Vincent Fort"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2012-12-21"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74ebdeef-2476-4ec2-9d22-2e247b4508c8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d52b2f8c97f0c2277660dd1426c2413a1420c91bac9715af79e985406ed3149b"
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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 SB 23 (2013_14) — "Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to establish the "Stacey Nicole English Act" and in her honor to aid in the location of missing persons who may be incapacitated due to serious medical conditions; to amend Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to prohibit minimum waiting periods for initiating a missing person report; to authorize a state-wide endangered person advisory based on a missing person's severe medical condition; to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to form and contents of application for registration of motor vehicles, so as to provide for emergency contact information in vehicle application registration forms; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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. **As introduced LC 35 2784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128509.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133610.pdf)
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3. **SB 23 Prefile** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128121.pdf)
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4. **SB 23/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142560.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Horacena Tate — primary (person)
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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- Vincent Fort — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-12-21** Senate Prefiled `introduction`
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- **2013-01-17** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2014-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-24** Act 622 `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/74ebdeef-2476-4ec2-9d22-2e247b4508c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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