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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law enforcement officers and agencies; analysis and collection of DNA for individuals charged with a felony offense but sentenced as a first offender or under conditional discharge; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6A of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to DNA sampling, collection, and analysis, so as to provide for analysis and collection of DNA for individuals charged with a felony offense but sentenced as a first offender or under conditional discharge; to revise definitions; to change provisions relating to dissemination of information in the data bank; to change provisions relating to expungement of profiles in the data bank; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 470"
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citation: "Georgia HB 470 (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", "Bill Hitchens", "John Corbett", "Martin Momtahan", "Steven Sainz"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-25"
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last_action: "2019-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/149d87ec-a7a9-432e-98a4-bd815837773e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2dfc491fd0d1d966231d2dbb02e641880e1c2a65947435c157c9d3818fa56b9e"
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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 470 (2019_20) — Law enforcement officers and agencies; analysis and collection of DNA for individuals charged with a felony offense but sentenced as a first offender or under conditional discharge; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 6A of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to DNA sampling, collection, and analysis, so as to provide for analysis and collection of DNA for individuals charged with a felony offense but sentenced as a first offender or under conditional discharge; to revise definitions; to change provisions relating to dissemination of information in the data bank; to change provisions relating to expungement of profiles in the data bank; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 470/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187646.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 9238/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182713.pdf)
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3. **LC 28 9295S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184247.pdf)
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4. **LC 28 9295S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183536.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2034S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186373.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **143–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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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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- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-02** 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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- **2019-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-28** Act 70 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-28** 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/149d87ec-a7a9-432e-98a4-bd815837773e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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