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type: "Bill"
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title: "Victim Compensation; expand the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's powers and duties relative to claims"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to victim compensation, so as to expand the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's powers and duties relative to claims for victim compensation; to increase the amount payable for funeral expenses; to enlarge the pool of claimants to include individuals related by marriage; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 79"
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citation: "Georgia SB 79 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Renee Unterman"]
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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: "2015-02-02"
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last_action: "2015-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ca66cbf-e2b4-4593-88a1-c70632475e7f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a538c0fda10c562bbe2fbaf3d5dcfe59e10848b4246d9c112704560f0f8a88de"
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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 79 (2015_16) — Victim Compensation; expand the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's powers and duties relative to claims
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 15 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to victim compensation, so as to expand the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's powers and duties relative to claims for victim compensation; to increase the amount payable for funeral expenses; to enlarge the pool of claimants to include individuals related by marriage; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6283ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146610.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148379.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 29 6354S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147328.pdf)
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4. **SB 79/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152975.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 169 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** 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/5ca66cbf-e2b4-4593-88a1-c70632475e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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