Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fraud and related offenses, so as to provide for the crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 13, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 18, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 10, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 25, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Third Read · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Apr 2, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 627 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2026-04-02 · yea 49, nay 1, notVoting 5, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-06 · yea 168, nay 2, notVoting 7, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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