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Bill Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to revise certain arrest powers; to provide for arrests by a law enforcement officer outside of the jurisdiction of his or her employing law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; to revise the grounds for arrest by a private person; to repeal in its entirety Article 4 of Chapter 4, relating to arrest by private persons; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor carrier compliance division; to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 479 Georgia HB 479 (2021_22)
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Bert Reeves
Buddy DeLoach
Carl Gilliard
Don Hogan
Gloria Frazier
William Boddie
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Georgia HB 479 (2021_22) — Criminal procedure; revise certain arrest powers; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to revise certain arrest powers; to provide for arrests by a law enforcement officer outside of the jurisdiction of his or her employing law enforcement agency under certain circumstances; to revise the grounds for arrest by a private person; to repeal in its entirety Article 4 of Chapter 4, relating to arrest by private persons; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor carrier compliance division; to amend Chapter 38 of Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to operators of private detective businesses and private security businesses; to amend Article 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to detention or arrest on suspicion of shoplifting or film piracy; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 479/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 41 2942-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 41 3075-ECS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 41 3075-ECS/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0539 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bert Reeves — primary (person)
  • Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
  • Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
  • Don Hogan — primary (person)
  • Gloria Frazier — primary (person)
  • William Boddie — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-02-16 House Hopper
  • 2021-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2021-02-18 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
  • 2021-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-22 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 As Amended passage
  • 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2021-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2021-05-10 Act 264 executive-signature
  • 2021-05-10 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2a8721a-c122-455a-86e4-f88bb10e5d02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).