republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-68.md

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Bill	Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations; offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; include	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations, so as to include the offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 68	Georgia SB 68 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Colton Moore Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Rick Williams Shelly Echols	4	15	2	2023-02-01	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/834319a3-d152-4198-9258-2667d3253f07	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1d02913f08de377d556de812d7de3addfc3fd374a744a4e7e694694f79dc661a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 68 (2023_24) — Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations; offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; include

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions regarding racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations, so as to include the offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; 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. As introduced LC 48 0781 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 39 3721S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 68/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #49 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–7 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #322 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Act 91 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/834319a3-d152-4198-9258-2667d3253f07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).