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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; protection of disabled adults and elder persons; expand and clarify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 17, Chapter 5 of Title 30, and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, general provisions for trial, protection of disabled adults and elder persons, and health, respectively, so as to expand and clarify protection of disabled adults and elder persons; to provide for and revise definitions; to repeal provisions relating to exclusion of evidence obtained during the execution of an inspection warrant; 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 72"
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citation: "Georgia HB 72 (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: ["Carolyn Hugley", "Jan Jones", "Penny Houston", "Sharon Cooper", "Stacey Abrams", "Wendell Willard"]
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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: "2015-01-15"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccf3e125-9f3a-460f-8a88-c89324df20c3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "26331661d510a099ffcffc5770190d5a61ccc654a8fa71f58aa15ae0c896288d"
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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 72 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; protection of disabled adults and elder persons; expand and clarify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 17, Chapter 5 of Title 30, and Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, general provisions for trial, protection of disabled adults and elder persons, and health, respectively, so as to expand and clarify protection of disabled adults and elder persons; to provide for and revise definitions; to repeal provisions relating to exclusion of evidence obtained during the execution of an inspection warrant; 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. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2467** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153484.pdf)
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2. **HB 72/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153764.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6186/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145584.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6648ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152730.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-15** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** 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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 86 `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/ccf3e125-9f3a-460f-8a88-c89324df20c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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