republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1217.md

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Bill	Clayton County; limit power to deny county services to any resident on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party	A BILL to be entitled an Act to restrict and limit the powers of Clayton County to deny county services to a resident of such county on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party; to recite constitutional authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1217	Georgia HB 1217 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Demetrius Douglas El-Mahdi Holly Eric Bell Yasmin Neal	3	14	2	2024-02-08	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/8517eea6-5c2b-41fe-9f9f-043ac5c99635	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	27ef1d3b9d49b19b0dfc1986f0a6a2e5a3cd225c5c7bfb491536f794ea0833ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1217 (2023_24) — Clayton County; limit power to deny county services to any resident on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party

A BILL to be entitled an Act to restrict and limit the powers of Clayton County to deny county services to a resident of such county on the basis of any private debts owed by the resident to another private party; to recite constitutional authority; 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 1217/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2673/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
• El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
• Eric Bell — primary (person)
• Yasmin Neal — 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 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-15 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2024-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 642 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8517eea6-5c2b-41fe-9f9f-043ac5c99635. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).