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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal procedure; imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; revise criteria"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to revise the criteria for imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; to revise the sanctions for such crimes; to provide for the manner of serving such sentences; 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 426"
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citation: "Georgia HB 426 (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: ["Calvin Smyre", "Chuck Efstration", "Deborah Silcox", "Karen Bennett", "Karla Drenner", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/059d8d0f-2502-42d6-9961-4ade1cd30d32"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4459f0de1560b4876956ad65f8675010ec120ed3fb970cecffb088ca49b82c77"
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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 426 (2019_20) — Criminal procedure; imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; revise criteria
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to revise the criteria for imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; to revise the sanctions for such crimes; to provide for the manner of serving such sentences; 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 426/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194575.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 9224/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182316.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 0124S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184241.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 0124S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182814.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9829S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194219.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9843S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194428.pdf)
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## Votes
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- TABLE — **47–115** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-04** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-05** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-23** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2020-06-23** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-26** Act 329 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** 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/059d8d0f-2502-42d6-9961-4ade1cd30d32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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