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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: "Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 83"
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citation: "Georgia SB 83 (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: ["Brian Strickland", "Harold Jones II", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kim Jackson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-02"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6996e70-035d-46df-9739-286161cc69ff"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1965eee7849db9351db5c7ef36b59f7e6657b5094929188f8b181082bec876ae"
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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 83 (2023_24) — Stalking; eligibility for restraining orders; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to stalking, so as to revise the eligibility for restraining orders; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 55 0007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213545.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216325.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1314S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228390.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 1320S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228521.pdf)
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5. **SB 83/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229526.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #842 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #773 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #93 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-02** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 415 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** 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/c6996e70-035d-46df-9739-286161cc69ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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