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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Titles 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 27, 36, 38, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, and 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alcoholic beverages, appeal and error, banking and finance, commerce and trade, conservation and natural resources, courts, criminal procedure, game and fish, local government, military, emergency management, veterans affairs, motor vehicles and traffic, public officers and employees, public utilities and public transportation, revenue and taxation, social services, waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 233"
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citation: "Georgia HB 233 (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: ["Alex Atwood", "Emory Dunahoo", "Harry Geisinger", "Mike Dudgeon", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-04"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ca8cc20-15ac-4074-a4ae-e66acc0f6245"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8530b2ea7a6c6e829730e277ed7169416a5e0a6ec151ebbafc90729446832360"
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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 233 (2015_16) — Georgia Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; to amend Titles 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 27, 36, 38, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, and 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alcoholic beverages, appeal and error, banking and finance, commerce and trade, conservation and natural resources, courts, criminal procedure, game and fish, local government, military, emergency management, veterans affairs, motor vehicles and traffic, public officers and employees, public utilities and public transportation, revenue and taxation, social services, waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; 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. **HB 233/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153855.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6306/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146946.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6456S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149601.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6456S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149242.pdf)
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5. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 28 1443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153088.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **154–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
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- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
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- Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-04** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-14** 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 98 `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/0ca8cc20-15ac-4074-a4ae-e66acc0f6245`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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