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GA HB 41

died on adjournment

Georgia Local Governance and Fair Enforcement Act; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 16-13-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditional discharge for possession of controlled substances as first offense and certain nonviolent property crimes, dismissal of charges, and restitution to victims, so as to authorize counties and municipal corporations to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; to amend Code Section 36-1-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ordinances for governing and policing of unincorporated areas of county, so as to authorize counties to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-01-14
Status date
—
Latest action
2025-01-16 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Viola Davisprimary
  • Sandra Scottprimary
  • Kim Schofieldprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-14

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-01-15

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-01-16

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69338

Attribution

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