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type: "Bill"
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title: "Investigation of Family Violence; terminology used in determining whom to arrest; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-4-20.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to investigation of family violence, preparation of written report, review of report by defendant arrested for family violence, and compilation of statistics, so as to revise the terminology used in determining whom to arrest; 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 477"
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citation: "Georgia SB 477 (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: ["Brian Strickland", "Elena Parent", "Harold Jones II", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-03-02"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d829239-f572-470f-9601-bb0a775dac8e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7282b8618d5bec7699a179be6875cdb97a5d8f86f2f832a1f6b0f4c01e8691e9"
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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 477 (2019_20) — Investigation of Family Violence; terminology used in determining whom to arrest; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-4-20.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to investigation of family violence, preparation of written report, review of report by defendant arrested for family violence, and compilation of statistics, so as to revise the terminology used in determining whom to arrest; 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 48 0182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191738.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193188.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 48 0204S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192491.pdf)
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4. **SB 477/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194775.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE THE RULES CALENDAR — **49–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-03-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Tabled
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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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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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 578 `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/4d829239-f572-470f-9601-bb0a775dac8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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