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type: "Bill"
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title: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations; offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; include"
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description: "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."
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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 68"
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citation: "Georgia SB 68 (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: ["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"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-01"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/834319a3-d152-4198-9258-2667d3253f07"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1d02913f08de377d556de812d7de3addfc3fd374a744a4e7e694694f79dc661a"
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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 68 (2023_24) — Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations; offense of dogfighting as racketeering activity; include
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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.
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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 48 0781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213385.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214820.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 3721S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214160.pdf)
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4. **SB 68/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219957.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #49 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–7** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #322 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — 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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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-01** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 91 `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/834319a3-d152-4198-9258-2667d3253f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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