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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1131"
citation: "Georgia HB 1131 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Reeves", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Soo Hong", "Steven Sainz", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef06851-3bb9-4dc0-929f-c3d1d6167e99"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0a88e29258831e1b7760cb31be302cb536859bf183816f01d47180c8bf5217b8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1131 (2025_26) — Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249069.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1685/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241161.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 1131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248990.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1822S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246187.pdf)
5. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248973.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #865 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #948 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #577 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 482 `executive-signature`
## Source
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).