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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Board of Cemeterians and Funeral Service; report suspected unlawful activity to the sheriff's office and the Attorney General; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to require the State Board of Cemeterians and the State Board of Funeral Service to report suspected unlawful activity to the sheriff's office and the Attorney General; to require the Attorney General to provide notice of such suspected unlawful activity to the appropriate prosecuting attorney; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 354"
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citation: "Georgia HB 354 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Danny Mathis", "J Collins", "Lauren McDonald", "Patty Bentley", "Rick Williams"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-08"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0352ecb-3b92-46d8-945a-6437d40f23ad"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5cc2a2531a5ce4eed7ddabd9c013748678823a811abcf630d973330cf7b7b275"
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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 354 (2021_22) — State Board of Cemeterians and Funeral Service; report suspected unlawful activity to the sheriff's office and the Attorney General; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to require the State Board of Cemeterians and the State Board of Funeral Service to report suspected unlawful activity to the sheriff's office and the Attorney General; to require the Attorney General to provide notice of such suspected unlawful activity to the appropriate prosecuting attorney; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 354/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202462.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 4603/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197007.pdf)
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3. **LC 36 4673S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198449.pdf)
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4. **LC 36 4673S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197819.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 4814S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200598.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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- J Collins — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
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- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-22** House Postponed
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- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** 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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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 189 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** 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/d0352ecb-3b92-46d8-945a-6437d40f23ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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