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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Conduct of Proceedings; reversal on appeal; judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of proceedings, so as to change provisions relating to reversal on appeal when a judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case or as to the accused's guilt; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "SB 99"
+citation: "Georgia SB 99 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Charlie Bethel", "John Kennedy", "Joshua McKoon", "Judson Hill", "Marty Harbin", "Michael Williams"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-10"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9099c13f-051a-4d88-b1d1-7f2328ba3c34"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "617ff147e86c16031ff398ab16a794885c1b74bc5287ed152529d2749ded0487"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 99 (2015_16) — Conduct of Proceedings; reversal on appeal; judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of proceedings, so as to change provisions relating to reversal on appeal when a judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case or as to the accused's guilt; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 29 6352** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147433.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151038.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 29 6527S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150192.pdf)
+4. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2468** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153693.pdf)
+5. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150793.pdf)
+6. **LC 29 6638S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152531.pdf)
+7. **SB 99/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154004.pdf)
+8. **SB 99/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153697.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **39–16** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
+- Judson Hill — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-10** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2015-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 174 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9099c13f-051a-4d88-b1d1-7f2328ba3c34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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