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type: "Bill"
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title: "Attorney General; authority to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 15 of Title 45, and Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, general provisions regarding the Attorney General, and medical assistance generally, respectively, so as to provide for authority of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for authority of the Attorney General to employ peace officers for certain purposes; 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: "SB 394"
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citation: "Georgia SB 394 (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: ["John Albers", "Matt Brass", "P. K. Martin IV", "Randy Robertson", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-19"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/691aed0d-f9df-4a6b-8ba6-be2f71d437f8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0ce87be0bfedc57200646e23c647af4754ebbd4ac55459a9ffef0768ded64585"
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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 SB 394 (2019_20) — Attorney General; authority to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 16, Article 1 of Chapter 15 of Title 45, and Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to kidnapping, false imprisonment, and related offenses, general provisions regarding the Attorney General, and medical assistance generally, respectively, so as to provide for authority of the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute certain crimes and offenses; to provide for definitions; to provide for authority of the Attorney General to employ peace officers for certain purposes; 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. **As introduced LC 41 2349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190180.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191911.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 2384S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190977.pdf)
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4. **SB394/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194664.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **36–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-19** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-20** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-22** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-23** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 377 `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/691aed0d-f9df-4a6b-8ba6-be2f71d437f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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