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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal procedure; certain outdated terminology; replace"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure so as to replace certain outdated terminology, as it relates to the use of \"mental retardation\" and \"mentally retarded\"; to provide that such updated terminology shall not affect case law decided prior to this change; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 343"
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citation: "Georgia HB 343 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "David Dreyer", "Ed Rynders", "Katie Dempsey", "Pat Gardner", "Scott Hilton"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-10"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/594aaa76-c01d-4c91-a715-07af7f47e155"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7d480ed2ccdd854a6a9e049710c7672812e0b62ceab841c017507471588f349d"
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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 343 (2017_18) — Criminal procedure; certain outdated terminology; replace
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure so as to replace certain outdated terminology, as it relates to the use of "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded"; to provide that such updated terminology shall not affect case law decided prior to this change; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amy Carter — primary (person)
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- David Dreyer — primary (person)
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- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-08** Act 189 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/594aaa76-c01d-4c91-a715-07af7f47e155`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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