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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; improve"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 24, and Code Section 42-5-18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to access to hearings and records, crimes and offenses, relevant evidence and its limits, and items prohibited for possession by inmates, respectively, so as to improve the ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; 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 874"
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citation: "Georgia HB 874 (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: ["Bert Reeves", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Efstration", "Earl Ehrhart", "Matt Ramsey", "Rich Golick"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-28"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0e028fa-ebfc-4b3e-b861-ffec59a1e4e9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9673c4c8ac704dbd8588e3c0e96c9e91fa8cc5e308a9ac698ebe2680dd3010f7"
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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 874 (2015_16) — Courts; ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; improve
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Title 16, Chapter 4 of Title 24, and Code Section 42-5-18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to access to hearings and records, crimes and offenses, relevant evidence and its limits, and items prohibited for possession by inmates, respectively, so as to improve the ability to prosecute street gang terrorism; 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 874/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162248.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6835ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155960.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6981ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158654.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6981ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157840.pdf)
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5. **SCSFA to HB 874** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161386.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor AM 1 AM 41 0210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161148.pdf)
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7. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7087ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160469.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **106–60** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 606 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** 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/c0e028fa-ebfc-4b3e-b861-ffec59a1e4e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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