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type: "Bill"
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title: "Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related offenses, so as to provide for the crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties for violations; 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 447"
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citation: "Georgia HB 447 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carter Barrett", "Johnny Chastain", "Joseph Gullett", "Stacey Evans", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-13"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8c84760-490d-4e9b-be00-f70e1191433a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "939bb8831378fae5647fbb48e453a162305f5c77e6f2f6b7f91916a13f8eca78"
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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 447 (2025_26) — Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related offenses, so as to provide for the crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties for violations; 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 447/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249036.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 0661/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232417.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1574S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235536.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 1574S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235094.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #912 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **39–10** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #226 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #939 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
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- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
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- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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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 `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 627 `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/c8c84760-490d-4e9b-be00-f70e1191433a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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