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type: "Bill"
title: "Adult offenders; enact reforms recommended by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Code Sections 17-10-7 and 42-9-45, Chapter 1 of Title 43, and Code Section 49-4-15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the \"Fair Business Practices Act of 1975,\" repeat offenders and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles general rule-making authority, general provisions for professions and businesses, and fraud in obtaining public assistance, food stamps, or Medicaid; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 328"
citation: "Georgia HB 328 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Chuck Efstration", "Rich Golick", "Robert Dickey", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25927d43-5f20-4358-b7b0-a2308e0d5c82"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "95a276adc7625730d582152471ab494dc9cb48f71e8fbc67f79f99018a781f24"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 328 (2015_16) — Adult offenders; enact reforms recommended by Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Code Sections 17-10-7 and 42-9-45, Chapter 1 of Title 43, and Code Section 49-4-15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," repeat offenders and the State Board of Pardons and Paroles general rule-making authority, general provisions for professions and businesses, and fraud in obtaining public assistance, food stamps, or Medicaid; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 328/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153562.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6366-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147600.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6494-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150282.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6494-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149709.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152843.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6604-ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152035.pdf)
7. **Sen fl amend 2 AM 29 2423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152804.pdf)
8. **Sen fl amend 3 AM 29 2424-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152805.pdf)
9. **Sen floor am 1 AM 29 2421-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152752.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1700** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 74 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25927d43-5f20-4358-b7b0-a2308e0d5c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).