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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 1217"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1217 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Demetrius Douglas", "El-Mahdi Holly", "Eric Bell", "Yasmin Neal"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-08"
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last_action: "2024-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8517eea6-5c2b-41fe-9f9f-043ac5c99635"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "27ef1d3b9d49b19b0dfc1986f0a6a2e5a3cd225c5c7bfb491536f794ea0833ed"
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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 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
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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.
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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. **HB 1217/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226061.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2673/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223485.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223505.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
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- El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
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- Eric Bell — primary (person)
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- Yasmin Neal — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2024-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 642 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** 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/8517eea6-5c2b-41fe-9f9f-043ac5c99635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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