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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fair Business Practices Act; enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, Chapter 2 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, delinquency proceedings in juvenile court, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, the Board and Department of Corrections, and general tort provisions, respectively, so as to enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to provide for related matters; 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 365"
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citation: "Georgia SB 365 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Butch Miller", "Cecil Staton", "Charlie Bethel", "David Shafer", "Frank Ginn", "Hardie Davis", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "Judson Hill", "Ronnie Chance", "Tyler Harper", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-02-07"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d720f035-7bfb-4276-b7b2-bd7947da4327"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f71a233451f43a42e7996b4f9c62cb8b6a36b9e2943cfc97141361af86d03902"
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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 365 (2013_14) — Fair Business Practices Act; enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, Chapter 2 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, delinquency proceedings in juvenile court, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, the Board and Department of Corrections, and general tort provisions, respectively, so as to enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to provide for related matters; 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 29 5878-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139240.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141527.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 29 2277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141559.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 2 AM 29 2287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141561.pdf)
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5. **LC 29 6044S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143438.pdf)
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6. **SB 365/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144870.pdf)
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7. **SB 365/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143825.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Cecil Staton — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Hardie Davis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Crosby — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-07** Senate Hopper
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- **2014-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2014-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2014-03-26** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-13** Act 476 `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/d720f035-7bfb-4276-b7b2-bd7947da4327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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