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78 lines
3.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; employees and agents of syringe services programs are not subject to certain offenses relating to hypodermic syringes and needles; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transactions in drug related objects, so as to provide that employees and agents of syringe services programs are not subject to certain offenses relating to hypodermic syringes and needles; to authorize the Department of Public Health to promulgate rules and regulations; to provide for a definition; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 217"
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citation: "Georgia HB 217 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Houston Gaines", "Karla Drenner", "Katie Dempsey", "Mark Newton", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-08"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f69a273c-8e19-4e18-b85a-a0ecef33c6bf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c727f575230d16c49a4075ab1589146a1817bb1929e2b7c8e649652e68400903"
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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 217 (2019_20) — Crimes and offenses; employees and agents of syringe services programs are not subject to certain offenses relating to hypodermic syringes and needles; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to transactions in drug related objects, so as to provide that employees and agents of syringe services programs are not subject to certain offenses relating to hypodermic syringes and needles; to authorize the Department of Public Health to promulgate rules and regulations; to provide for a definition; 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 217/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186284.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 7647/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180860.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Mark Newton — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-02** Act 25 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/f69a273c-8e19-4e18-b85a-a0ecef33c6bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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