Banking and finance; venue for offense of money laundering; provide
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 11 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to records and reports of currency transactions, so as to provide for venue for the offense of money laundering; to provide for legislative findings; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to theft, so as to provide for venue for the offense of theft of money held in a financial institution; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
House Passage
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Mar 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Feb 2, 2023
Signed May 4, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Mar 29, 2023 · House Mar 6, 2023
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 50
Mar 29, 2023
D
Democratic21
90% Yea
R
Republican29
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 4, 2023
Signed into law
Act 345
upper
May 4, 2023
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 7, 2023
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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