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type: "Bill"
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title: "Investments; public retirement systems to invest in mutual funds, commingled funds, collective investment funds, common trusts, and group trusts; authorize"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-20-83 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificated or uncertificated forms of investments and real estate investments, so as to authorize public retirement systems to invest in mutual funds, commingled funds, collective investment funds, common trusts, and group trusts; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 217"
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citation: "Georgia HB 217 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "David Clark", "Debbie Buckner", "Gerald Greene", "Howard Maxwell", "Patty Bentley"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-03"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56c18a81-8137-4f70-b0f4-c401ce2f965a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "713bd6c602e584cd5a868fdc38b23aa141e2b74b9912235673a35f21ce0c056e"
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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 HB 217 (2015_16) — Investments; public retirement systems to invest in mutual funds, commingled funds, collective investment funds, common trusts, and group trusts; authorize
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 47-20-83 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certificated or uncertificated forms of investments and real estate investments, so as to authorize public retirement systems to invest in mutual funds, commingled funds, collective investment funds, common trusts, and group trusts; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 217/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153828.pdf)
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2. **LC 43 0069/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146781.pdf)
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3. **LC 43 0099S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149136.pdf)
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4. **LC 43 0099S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148469.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
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- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 126 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/56c18a81-8137-4f70-b0f4-c401ce2f965a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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