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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: "Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warrants for arrest, so as to provide for personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1131"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1131 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Matt Reeves", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Soo Hong", "Steven Sainz", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef06851-3bb9-4dc0-929f-c3d1d6167e99"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0a88e29258831e1b7760cb31be302cb536859bf183816f01d47180c8bf5217b8"
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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 1131 (2025_26) — Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to warrants for arrest, so as to provide for personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; 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 1131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249069.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 1685/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241161.pdf)
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3. **SCSFA to HB 1131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248990.pdf)
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4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1822S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246187.pdf)
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5. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248973.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #865 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #948 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #577 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Soo Hong — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — 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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- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 482 `executive-signature`
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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/9ef06851-3bb9-4dc0-929f-c3d1d6167e99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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