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84 lines
4.9 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; victims of stalking; expand applicability of protective orders"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 231"
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citation: "Georgia HB 231 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bee Nguyen", "Bonnie Rich", "Houston Gaines", "Mandi Ballinger", "Marcus Wiedower", "Spencer Frye"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-01"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c22ba9a-3ea0-449f-980b-d779b577a0f7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9ce9f5d2ea2c023918dd0da0e6a7dceecd8f618e8f4b81148c48d21261b8d15e"
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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 231 (2021_22) — Crimes and offenses; victims of stalking; expand applicability of protective orders
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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.
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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 231/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202448.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 0297S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199993.pdf)
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3. **LC 28 0297S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199656.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 2822/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196461.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3167S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201385.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **174–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
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- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-01** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-10** Act 273 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/2c22ba9a-3ea0-449f-980b-d779b577a0f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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