Georgia House Bill 724 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 29 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-13 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in the unincorporated areas of a county; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Crimes and offenses; counties to adopt ordinances governing and punishing the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in the unincorporated areas of a county; authorize

Rep. Matthew Wilson [D]	Rep. Robert Trammell [D]	Rep. James Beverly [D]	Rep. David Dreyer [D]
Rep. William Boddie [D]	Rep. Karen Bennett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-13	House	House Second Readers
2019-04-02	House	House First Readers
2019-03-29	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56509
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/186989