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4.7 KiB
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101 lines
4.7 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bails, Bonds; human trafficking as a bailable offense; add the offense"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-6-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when offenses bailable, procedure, schedule of bails, and appeal bonds, so as to add the offense of human trafficking as a bailable offense; 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: "SB 461"
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citation: "Georgia SB 461 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Clint Dixon", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Emanuel Jones", "Frank Ginn", "Greg Dolezal", "Harold Jones II", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Nikki Merritt", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman", "Valencia Seay"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-03"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0049652c-b882-4f40-bbb4-58c8b17dedfd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9c1cb79b4f7aa24675de57d4044693ce3289b72bf8b594df4341c01c417637c8"
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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 SB 461 (2021_22) — Bails, Bonds; human trafficking as a bailable offense; add the offense
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-6-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when offenses bailable, procedure, schedule of bails, and appeal bonds, so as to add the offense of human trafficking as a bailable offense; 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. **As introduced LC 48 0466-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205132.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206771.pdf)
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3. **SB 461/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210874.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-03** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 795 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/0049652c-b882-4f40-bbb4-58c8b17dedfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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