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type: "Bill"
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title: "Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; 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 1268"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1268 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "APPEAL AND ERROR", "AVIATION", "BANKING AND FINANCE", "COMMERCE AND TRADE", "COURTS", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "EDUCATION", "GAME AND FISH", "GUARDIAN AND WARD", "HIGHWAYS", "BRIDGES", "AND FERRIES", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MILITARY", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "AND VETERANS AFFAIRS", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "PROPERTY", "REVENUE AND TAXATION", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "James Burchett", "Rob Leverett", "Stacey Evans"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-10"
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last_action: "2026-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7becfdd5-6fdb-4d5d-a19f-dbeb5d8b566d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "decf3b7c55380bd8248b806679629951d166df98362d20c71d8431838c345625"
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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 1268 (2025_26) — Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; 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 1268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246941.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4848/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242152.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #591 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #763 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-10** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 723 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-07-01** 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/7becfdd5-6fdb-4d5d-a19f-dbeb5d8b566d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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