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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; information required to be provided by sexual offenders when they register; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, so as to revise the information required to be provided by sexual offenders when they register; to allow a sexual offender who is in a state or privately operated hospice facility, skilled nursing home, or residential health care facility, with the approval of the sheriff of the county where such sexual offender resides, to satisfy the annual registration requirements by registering at any time during the sexual offender's month of birth; to remove the requirement that a sexual offender who resides in a state or privately operated hospice facility, skilled nursing home, or residential health care facility, with the approval of the sheriff of the county where such sexual offender resides, be fingerprinted; 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 983"
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citation: "Georgia HB 983 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Rick Williams"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-20"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e5acc8-680d-4c33-bb4a-80356991ed1d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "95ec4b485585a07d6bc81812b8c4c28e12c4ff2c58e1d2c643d8f32a1475961a"
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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 983 (2019_20) — Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; information required to be provided by sexual offenders when they register; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, so as to revise the information required to be provided by sexual offenders when they register; to allow a sexual offender who is in a state or privately operated hospice facility, skilled nursing home, or residential health care facility, with the approval of the sheriff of the county where such sexual offender resides, to satisfy the annual registration requirements by registering at any time during the sexual offender's month of birth; to remove the requirement that a sexual offender who resides in a state or privately operated hospice facility, skilled nursing home, or residential health care facility, with the approval of the sheriff of the county where such sexual offender resides, be fingerprinted; 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 983/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195229.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 9625/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190467.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2552S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193362.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-07-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-03** Act 554 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/46e5acc8-680d-4c33-bb4a-80356991ed1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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