Fair Business Practices Act; enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, Chapter 2 of Title 42, and Chapter 1 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, delinquency proceedings in juvenile court, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, the Board and Department of Corrections, and general tort provisions, respectively, so as to enact offender reentry reforms as recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2014
Committee Review
Mar 2014
Senate Passage
Feb 2014
House Passage
Mar 2014
Signed into Law
Apr 2014
Introduced Feb 7, 2014
Signed Apr 13, 2014
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2014
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
Feb 26, 2014
D
Democratic9
88% Yea
R
Republican27
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 13, 2014
Signed into law
Act 476
upper
Apr 13, 2014
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 20, 2014
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 18, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 12, 2014
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 26, 2014
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended
upper
Feb 20, 2014
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 10, 2014
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
P
Butch Miller
RRepublican
P
Cecil Staton
RRepublican
P
Charlie Bethel
RRepublican
P
David Shafer
RRepublican
P
Frank Ginn
RRepublican
P
Hardie Davis
DDemocratic
P
Jesse Stone
RRepublican
P
John Crosby
RRepublican
P
Judson Hill
RRepublican
P
Ronnie Chance
RRepublican
P
Tyler Harper
RRepublican
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