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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; increase penalties that can impose for contempt of superior and state courts"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to increase penalties that can be imposed for contempt of superior and state courts; 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 66"
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citation: "Georgia SB 66 (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: ["Charlie Bethel", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "Joshua McKoon", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "William Jackson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-28"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01850ef2-b13d-43f6-91d4-cb4c0d76d04a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d9bc954aaa499d5837ba366507e339b611f32bc0f1e1ae78434c21085da7e524"
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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 66 (2013_14) — Courts; increase penalties that can impose for contempt of superior and state courts
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to increase penalties that can be imposed for contempt of superior and state courts; 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 5391** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128706.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130428.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5627S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134207.pdf)
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4. **SB 66/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137166.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **42–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Crosby — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-28** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-06** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-07** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 173 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** 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/01850ef2-b13d-43f6-91d4-cb4c0d76d04a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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