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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alarm monitoring services; licensed persons and companies to utilize alarm verification; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to require persons and companies licensed to provide alarm monitoring services to utilize alarm verification in order to preserve valuable municipal and county law enforcement and firefighter resources; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 59"
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citation: "Georgia HB 59 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Cooke", "Lynne Riley", "Tom Taylor"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-01-15"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d91e68ca-1907-4557-a855-b63af8abfb0e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "47b8ba2c578cd26213c294d0342a689c295915d7a50a750a1635c14ef102ba0b"
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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 59 (2013_14) — Alarm monitoring services; licensed persons and companies to utilize alarm verification; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to require persons and companies licensed to provide alarm monitoring services to utilize alarm verification in order to preserve valuable municipal and county law enforcement and firefighter resources; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 59/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136421.pdf)
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2. **LC 35 2753/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128281.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **157–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
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- Lynne Riley — primary (person)
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- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-01-15** House Hopper
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- **2013-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-01-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 235 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-07-01** 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/d91e68ca-1907-4557-a855-b63af8abfb0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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