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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revenue and taxation; certain law enforcement officers may use department vehicles relative to certain approved off-duty jobs; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state administrative organization, so as to provide that law enforcement officers appointed by the state revenue commissioner as special agents or enforcement officers of the Department of Revenue may use department motor vehicles or equipment relative to certain approved off-duty jobs; to provide for criteria; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for restrictions; 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 279"
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citation: "Georgia HB 279 (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: ["Andrew Welch", "Barry Fleming", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-12"
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last_action: "2019-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d88df0-3357-471f-81b9-573a3cd25cee"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6cb6a9a919eb0c774505a1ff9362eb1658420a9dbe004aa0413f2d9a9a871edc"
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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 279 (2019_20) — Revenue and taxation; certain law enforcement officers may use department vehicles relative to certain approved off-duty jobs; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state administrative organization, so as to provide that law enforcement officers appointed by the state revenue commissioner as special agents or enforcement officers of the Department of Revenue may use department motor vehicles or equipment relative to certain approved off-duty jobs; to provide for criteria; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for restrictions; 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 279/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187571.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1789/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181207.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2226S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184622.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **149–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-12** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-10** Veto V4 `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/50d88df0-3357-471f-81b9-573a3cd25cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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