---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Procedure; require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for written policies relating to witness identification protocol; to provide for policy requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Georgia SB 94 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Charlie Bethel"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77cb8da-c415-4caa-9048-7ac677dcc4c7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dccffefb93dfe7bff1509c32014a14cff2eb26601ba39ba2d24c5d5e97f369d1"
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 94 (2015_16) — Criminal Procedure; require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for written policies relating to witness identification protocol; to provide for policy requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 introduced LC 29 6223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147082.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149421.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 6438S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149096.pdf)
4. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152128.pdf)
5. **LC 29 6596ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151583.pdf)
6. **SB 94/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153952.pdf)
7. **SB 94/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152157.pdf)
8. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 29 2466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153913.pdf)
9. **Sen fl amend 1a AM 29 2474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153914.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-09** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate 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 173 `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/e77cb8da-c415-4caa-9048-7ac677dcc4c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).