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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; make it unlawful to use an emergency exit after having shoplifted"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to make it unlawful to use an emergency exit after having shoplifted; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 890"
citation: "Georgia HB 890 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bert Reeves", "Christian Coomer", "Jon Burns", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740fb427-86a4-4ddb-8992-e627a22705ba"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "438be91829436755739228c19ca46103eba9d82ab77b32eb8dd198367b481ba9"
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 890 (2017_18) — Crimes and offenses; make it unlawful to use an emergency exit after having shoplifted
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to offenses against public order, so as to make it unlawful to use an emergency exit after having shoplifted; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **11446** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-08** House Hopper
- **2018-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 388 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740fb427-86a4-4ddb-8992-e627a22705ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).