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type: "Bill"
title: "Education; establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements by colleges and universities; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campus policemen, so as to provide for the establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements entered into by colleges and universities; to provide for definitions; to provide for arrest powers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Georgia HB 142 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Eddie Lumsden", "J Collins", "Mack Jackson", "Marvin Lim", "Mesha Mainor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c422f4e-34f9-4a95-8359-74504bca1f98"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b81d8ab093241c039184b817c364dff9eef48fb826c03f730b2512694bc2a4c2"
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 142 (2023_24) — Education; establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements by colleges and universities; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to campus policemen, so as to provide for the establishment of unified campus police forces through agreements entered into by colleges and universities; to provide for definitions; to provide for arrest powers; 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 142/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220452.pdf)
2. **LC 39 3532/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213112.pdf)
3. **LC 39 3966S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220389.pdf)
4. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218040.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #385 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #234 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #72 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–2** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #380 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **145–12** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
- Marvin Lim — primary (person)
- Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-23** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-03-27** Senate Insisted
- **2023-03-27** House Insisted
- **2023-03-27** House Conference Committee Appointed 56th, 71st, 12th
- **2023-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 54th, 56th, 37th
- **2023-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2023-03-29** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 266 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c422f4e-34f9-4a95-8359-74504bca1f98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).