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4.9 KiB
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| Bill | Crimes and offenses; victims of stalking; expand applicability of protective orders | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 and Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking and granting of relief by superior courts, respectively, so as to expand the applicability of protective orders involving victims of stalking; to revise the definition of family violence to include certain acts between persons through whom a past or present pregnancy has developed or persons in a past or present dating relationship for the granting of protective orders and other relief; to provide for definitions; to require the court to make certain findings prior to granting protective orders alleging dating relationships; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 231 | Georgia HB 231 (2021_22) |
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Georgia HB 231 (2021_22) — Crimes and offenses; victims of stalking; expand applicability of protective orders
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 and Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking and granting of relief by superior courts, respectively, so as to expand the applicability of protective orders involving victims of stalking; to revise the definition of family violence to include certain acts between persons through whom a past or present pregnancy has developed or persons in a past or present dating relationship for the granting of protective orders and other relief; to provide for definitions; to require the court to make certain findings prior to granting protective orders alleging dating relationships; 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.
- HB 231/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 0297S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 0297S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 2822/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 41 3167S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 174–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-01 House Hopper
- 2021-02-02 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-03 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-08 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-08 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-09 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-10 Act 273
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c22ba9a-3ea0-449f-980b-d779b577a0f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).