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type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; sentencing; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to change provisions relating to sentencing; to provide credit for time served; to change provisions relating to the commencement of a sentence when the case has been appealed; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 984"
citation: "Georgia HB 984 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "James Burchett", "Josh McLaurin", "Steven Sainz", "William Boddie"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477ec0b1-5694-4bea-a958-19a55fa45629"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "01ba895fa81130174a65a6440572969c89d068992e46db80fb071c8e6aa537a5"
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 HB 984 (2019_20) — Criminal procedure; sentencing; change provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to change provisions relating to sentencing; to provide credit for time served; to change provisions relating to the commencement of a sentence when the case has been appealed; 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. **HB 984/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195323.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9607/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190471.pdf)
3. **LC 28 9675S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192663.pdf)
4. **LC 28 9675S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191469.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
- William Boddie — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-20** House Hopper
- **2020-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 503 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477ec0b1-5694-4bea-a958-19a55fa45629`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).