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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: "State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide that a part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court; 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: "2013_14"
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identifier: "SB 96"
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citation: "Georgia SB 96 (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: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Curt Thompson", "David Shafer", "Jason Carter", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "Joshua McKoon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-05"
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last_action: "2013-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "021ca05459454cd6e16f75809f3ad1b4cddb587aa9af8495d03072e2c9067274"
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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 SB 96 (2013_14) — State Courts, Solicitors-General of; part-time solicitor-general; engage in private practice of law; not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solicitors-general of state courts, so as to provide that a part-time solicitor-general of the state court and any part-time assistant solicitor-general may engage in the private practice of law but shall not represent defendants in criminal matters in such solicitor-general's state court; 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. **As introduced LC 28 6449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129745.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133098.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 28 1229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133150.pdf)
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4. **SB 96/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137082.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Jason Carter — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Crosby — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-05** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 211 `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/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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