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type: "Bill"
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title: "Counties and Municipal Corporations; certain local ordinances or policies relating to public camping or sleeping; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit certain local ordinances or policies relating to public camping or sleeping; to provide for enforcement; to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government, so as to provide for a performance audit by the state auditor on public spending on homeless programs; 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: "SB 62"
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citation: "Georgia SB 62 (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: ["Billy Hickman", "Blake Tillery", "Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Frank Ginn", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ddc7300-b149-4587-ad63-9a2032586ec0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a90f49c4abdc15487c751ea724299660d92d5ee22fbf82d061aba8f243a8739b"
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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 SB 62 (2023_24) — Counties and Municipal Corporations; certain local ordinances or policies relating to public camping or sleeping; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit certain local ordinances or policies relating to public camping or sleeping; to provide for enforcement; to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government, so as to provide for a performance audit by the state auditor on public spending on homeless programs; 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. **As introduced LC 33 9277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213180.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216926.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 9373S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216927.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216741.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 2 AM 33 2028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216921.pdf)
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6. **Floor amend 3 AM 33 2027** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216923.pdf)
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7. **Floor amend 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216924.pdf)
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8. **Floor amend 4A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216925.pdf)
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9. **LC 47 2474S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218216.pdf)
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10. **SB 62/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219906.pdf)
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11. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219876.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #305 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **100–76** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #335 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **36–20** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #306 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **99–76** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #334 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **22–32** (fail) · upper
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- House Vote #304 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **77–99** (fail) · lower
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- Senate Vote #127 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 274 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/1ddc7300-b149-4587-ad63-9a2032586ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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