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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and offenses; provide for the crime of theft by possession of stolen mail; provide for the crime of porch piracy"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crime of theft by possession of stolen mail; to provide for the crime of porch piracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Georgia HB 94 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Beth Camp", "Bonnie Rich", "Karen Mathiak", "Stan Gunter", "Terry England"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/227bca68-4cc2-4695-a77e-8c404e12ccc6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7e14337b0b2f624964d9b993a420b4955f656a06b7fd47e18fa470ce8ba8a27b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 94 (2021_22) — Crimes and offenses; provide for the crime of theft by possession of stolen mail; provide for the crime of porch piracy
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for the crime of theft by possession of stolen mail; to provide for the crime of porch piracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; 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.
1. **HB 94/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202440.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9958/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195824.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3169S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201374.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **101–67** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-14** House Hopper
- **2021-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-05** 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 269 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/227bca68-4cc2-4695-a77e-8c404e12ccc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).