republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-188.md

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Bill	Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appellate practice, so as to revise the name of the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 188	Georgia HB 188 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Bill Werkheiser James Burchett Jesse Petrea Mesha Mainor Steven Sainz	7	18	3	2023-02-01	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/298b4fea-d3f5-420e-b6e8-51ff909c0158	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4b5c6e08bba8f2efc6fbd92b231b393b595b4466939c468cb2263d32e1f5cff3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 188 (2023_24) — Georgia Dangerous Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appellate practice, so as to revise the name of the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; 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 188/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 0724/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 0889S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 0889S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 188 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 48 0924S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 39 0355 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #351 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #328 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #189 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Mesha Mainor — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Act 347 executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/298b4fea-d3f5-420e-b6e8-51ff909c0158. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).