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type: "Bill"
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"
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Georgia SB 96 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Curt Thompson", "David Shafer", "Jason Carter", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "Joshua McKoon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8770988-362c-4e1e-a9f8-05e87ec70979"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "021ca05459454cd6e16f75809f3ad1b4cddb587aa9af8495d03072e2c9067274"
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 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
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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced LC 28 6449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129745.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133098.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 28 1229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133150.pdf)
4. **SB 96/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137082.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
- David Shafer — primary (person)
- Jason Carter — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Crosby — primary (person)
- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-05** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 211 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
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).