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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; livestock theft; increased penalties; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock theft, so as to provide for increased penalties; 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 827"
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citation: "Georgia HB 827 (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: ["Clay Pirkle", "David Huddleston", "Leesa Hagan", "Rob Leverett", "Robert Dickey", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-03-23"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7235d73b-279b-4837-b53f-6933a04812df"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ae8da9214b596e2dc79bc1c723ceee541c89b1972210a480db9533a32a50de3a"
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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 827 (2023_24) — Crimes and offenses; livestock theft; increased penalties; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-8-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to livestock theft, so as to provide for increased penalties; 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 827/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228436.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 0966/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219434.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1218S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225522.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 1218S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225017.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 56 0167S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226740.pdf)
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6. **Senate floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227644.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #675 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **24–30** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Vote #676 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #743 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **159–2** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #542 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **156–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- David Huddleston — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-23** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-30** Act 499 `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/7235d73b-279b-4837-b53f-6933a04812df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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