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+type: "Bill"
+title: "General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to codify a process for the authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; to provide for oaths and subpoena powers related to such investigatory powers; to provide for confidentiality of certain materials; to explicitly preserve any authority, immunity, privilege, or power granted to or possessed by the General Assembly or its members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 255"
+citation: "Georgia SB 255 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-25"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a3b1b6-6a74-4ceb-8632-52643d10566a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "fa12c9546870293b85b1a001c2336db8796f46aa1a16440119cc8a84b7b2f721"
+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 255 (2025_26) — General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to codify a process for the authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; to provide for oaths and subpoena powers related to such investigatory powers; to provide for confidentiality of certain materials; to explicitly preserve any authority, immunity, privilege, or power granted to or possessed by the General Assembly or its members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235504.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 47 3461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233833.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 3681S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237449.pdf)
+4. **SB 255/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239533.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #183 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **33–23** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #451 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–22** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #402 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **91–67** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 314 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13a3b1b6-6a74-4ceb-8632-52643d10566a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+