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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; protection of elder persons; revise definitions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise definitions relative to the protection of elder persons; to remove enhanced penalties for certain offenses against persons 65 years of age or older or employees, agents, or volunteers at long-term care facilities; 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 363"
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citation: "Georgia HB 363 (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: ["Bonnie Rich", "John LaHood", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-09"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/921429b1-c29a-488a-8465-dc59076e31f1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "460675361c66c962d66218e6bd9380849eaf17b2a773eca59863f17056cc5143"
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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 363 (2021_22) — Crimes and offenses; protection of elder persons; revise definitions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, so as to revise definitions relative to the protection of elder persons; to remove enhanced penalties for certain offenses against persons 65 years of age or older or employees, agents, or volunteers at long-term care facilities; 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 363/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202596.pdf)
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2. **LC 33 8545/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197120.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201497.pdf)
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4. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201501.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
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- John LaHood — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** 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 As Amended `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 190 `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/921429b1-c29a-488a-8465-dc59076e31f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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