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type: "Bill"
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title: "Counties; support of paupers; provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the supervision and support of paupers, so as to provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents; 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 83"
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citation: "Georgia SB 83 (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: ["Brandon Beach", "Earl Carter", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "Joshua McKoon", "Judson Hill", "Ross Tolleson", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-30"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef423b6b-df5e-41d6-8f82-24912216e8a3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "23f22a0ca8ed29d9989de43ba6f7eed8036355613e442be546c8bf9f62c0b754"
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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 83 (2013_14) — Counties; support of paupers; provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the supervision and support of paupers, so as to provide for cremation as an alternative for deceased indigents; 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 41 0035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129203.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132065.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 41 0003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131962.pdf)
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4. **SB 83/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137077.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Earl Carter — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-30** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2013-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-03** 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 208 `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/ef423b6b-df5e-41d6-8f82-24912216e8a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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