republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1203.md

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Bill	Dispossessory proceedings; authorize landlords to use certain off-duty sheriffs, constables, or marshals to execute writs of possession; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as to authorize landlords to use certain off-duty sheriffs, constables, or marshals to execute writs of possession in certain circumstances if a sheriff, constable, or marshal is not able to execute a writ within 30 days of the landlord's initial request; to provide for sheriffs, constables, and marshals to maintain lists of such authorized off-duty sheriffs, constables, and marshals in their jurisdictions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1203	Georgia HB 1203 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Deborah Silcox Matt Reeves Mitchell Scoggins Shea Roberts Todd Jones Trey Kelley	5	16	3	2024-02-08	2024-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/37396ee5-68cb-4ee9-a858-b7e5d8e67eb1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2c5c00ca93703d5011f47e2e74eb46278b72101a901348e5a61430f5076f7385	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1203 (2023_24) — Dispossessory proceedings; authorize landlords to use certain off-duty sheriffs, constables, or marshals to execute writs of possession; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as to authorize landlords to use certain off-duty sheriffs, constables, or marshals to execute writs of possession in certain circumstances if a sheriff, constable, or marshal is not able to execute a writ within 30 days of the landlord's initial request; to provide for sheriffs, constables, and marshals to maintain lists of such authorized off-duty sheriffs, constables, and marshals in their jurisdictions; 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 1203/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2825/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1190S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1190S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee sub LC 56 0168S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #727 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #527 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–1 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #797 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
• Shea Roberts — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Act 484 executive-signature
• 2024-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37396ee5-68cb-4ee9-a858-b7e5d8e67eb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).