Fabio
81 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown
81 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Crimes and offenses; illegal use of financial transaction cards; revise provisions"
|
||
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal use of financial transaction cards, and Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to revise a definition; to revise provisions of law relating to government purchasing cards and government credit cards; to provide for the issuance of government purchasing cards and government credit cards; to provide for the conditions for such issuance; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
|
||
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2015_16"
|
||
identifier: "HB 949"
|
||
citation: "Georgia HB 949 (2015_16)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Eddie Lumsden", "James Epps", "Rick Jasperse", "Steve Tarvin"]
|
||
version_count: 5
|
||
action_count: 16
|
||
vote_count: 1
|
||
first_action: "2016-02-09"
|
||
last_action: "2016-07-01"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3b328cd-77ba-4ff0-855c-96c2d88fc6cc"
|
||
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
|
||
source_hash: "ac0c65aaccf1e44b738af8bcd9bad121e753cde3b0576c460f99d441f9ef620d"
|
||
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 949 (2015_16) — Crimes and offenses; illegal use of financial transaction cards; revise provisions
|
||
|
||
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to illegal use of financial transaction cards, and Chapter 80 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties, municipal corporations, and other governmental entities, so as to revise a definition; to revise provisions of law relating to government purchasing cards and government credit cards; to provide for the issuance of government purchasing cards and government credit cards; to provide for the conditions for such issuance; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 949/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162187.pdf)
|
||
2. **LC 28 7916ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156890.pdf)
|
||
3. **LC 29 6982ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158656.pdf)
|
||
4. **LC 29 6982ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157841.pdf)
|
||
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7090ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159944.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
|
||
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
|
||
- James Epps — primary (person)
|
||
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
|
||
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2016-02-09** House Hopper
|
||
- **2016-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
|
||
- **2016-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
|
||
- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2016-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
|
||
- **2016-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
|
||
- **2016-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
|
||
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
|
||
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
|
||
- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2016-04-27** Act 484 `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3b328cd-77ba-4ff0-855c-96c2d88fc6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
|
||
|