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type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement officers and agencies; comprehensive regulation of trauma scene cleanup services; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide for the comprehensive regulation of trauma scene cleanup services; to provide for definitions; to provide for registration requirements; to provide for qualifications; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for emergencies; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 417"
citation: "Georgia HB 417 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Heath Clark", "Rick Williams"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8439a06-8a4c-4471-a01b-ed0582bd2112"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "09110c6d3436d0b06da351703d3e551391fdce450db73f5ecd356187d8fe1c72"
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 417 (2019_20) — Law enforcement officers and agencies; comprehensive regulation of trauma scene cleanup services; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide for the comprehensive regulation of trauma scene cleanup services; to provide for definitions; to provide for registration requirements; to provide for qualifications; to provide for penalties for violations; to provide for emergencies; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for exemptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 417/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194845.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9013/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182306.pdf)
3. **LC 28 9623S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190753.pdf)
4. **LC 28 9623S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190083.pdf)
5. **LC 41 1919S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183676.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **147–19** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Heath Clark — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-21** House Hopper
- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-04** Act 566 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8439a06-8a4c-4471-a01b-ed0582bd2112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).