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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Code; add appropriate references to United States Space Force; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-9-2.1, Title 16, Title 19, Title 20, and Chapter 2 of Title 38, Chapter 2 of Title 40, of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to appointment, compensation, authority, qualifications, training, and other limitations of associate probate court judges, crimes and offenses, domestic relations, education, military affairs, and registration and licensing of motor vehicles, respectively, so as to add appropriate references to the United States Space Force; to make conforming changes; 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 299"
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citation: "Georgia HB 299 (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: ["Bethany Ballard", "Brad Thomas", "Brian Prince", "David Clark", "Josh Bonner", "Steve Tarvin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c167041d-8435-4135-a672-3576e6b95d0d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b4339fc7542b7b039f27a64ae8ea79d814d54b148a12092747b8ecdd26af5ba9"
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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 299 (2023_24) — Georgia Code; add appropriate references to United States Space Force; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-9-2.1, Title 16, Title 19, Title 20, and Chapter 2 of Title 38, Chapter 2 of Title 40, of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to appointment, compensation, authority, qualifications, training, and other limitations of associate probate court judges, crimes and offenses, domestic relations, education, military affairs, and registration and licensing of motor vehicles, respectively, so as to add appropriate references to the United States Space Force; to make conforming changes; 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 299/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226934.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0540/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214018.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 54 0017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220324.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #62 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #641 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-01-08** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 389 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/c167041d-8435-4135-a672-3576e6b95d0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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