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type: "Bill"
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title: "Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; create"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileges, so as to provide for privileged communications between public safety officers and peer counselors; to amend Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officers and employees, so as to create the Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; to provide for a director; to provide for responsibilities of the office; to provide for office space, staff, supplies, and materials; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date based on funding; 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 703"
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citation: "Georgia HB 703 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Andrew Welch", "Bill Hitchens", "Gloria Frazier", "Jodi Lott"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/662e6d1b-8214-423b-b938-a8cec4a63965"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "217fdc59e38b04345fea2bb071239ad974df7c9d1bd9eebcefbf27491e01ca42"
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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 703 (2017_18) — Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; create
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to privileges, so as to provide for privileged communications between public safety officers and peer counselors; to amend Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public officers and employees, so as to create the Governor's Office of Public Safety Support; to provide for a director; to provide for responsibilities of the office; to provide for office space, staff, supplies, and materials; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date based on funding; 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 — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Gloria Frazier — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-12** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** Act 439 `executive-signature`
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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/662e6d1b-8214-423b-b938-a8cec4a63965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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