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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; prosecute offenses involving criminal gang activity; provide for concurrent authority"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to participation in criminal gang activity prohibited, so as to provide for the concurrent authority of prosecuting attorneys and the Attorney General to prosecute offenses involving criminal gang activity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1134"
citation: "Georgia HB 1134 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Jodi Lott", "Josh Bonner", "Lauren McDonald", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44997b99-8d37-48e4-b335-e4dad98105f7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ba76d7b20bc22ccb35db00a9befbc4ea20d822dc442600b0083ead92066f1cc5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1134 (2021_22) — Crimes and offenses; prosecute offenses involving criminal gang activity; provide for concurrent authority
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-15-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to participation in criminal gang activity prohibited, so as to provide for the concurrent authority of prosecuting attorneys and the Attorney General to prosecute offenses involving criminal gang activity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1134/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210638.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0522/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204530.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **101–56** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-01** House Hopper
- **2022-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 645 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44997b99-8d37-48e4-b335-e4dad98105f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).