---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Justice System; comprehensive reform for offenders; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders; to amend Title 15 and Chapter 6A of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; to amend Title 17, Code Section 24-4-609, Chapter 5 of Title 40, Title 42, and Code Section 43-1-19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, impeachment by evidence of conviction of a crime, drivers' licenses, penal institutions, and grounds for refusing to grant or revoking professional licenses; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 and Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Community Health and public assistance; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "Georgia SB 407 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Butch Miller", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Lawrence Walker III", "P. K. Martin IV"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d13d671b-313b-4775-8eff-5cc05c514242"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "701d0d7a241f40c75ab2a34020a76906a89defbcec27f1b91ce12bcbf4c38884"
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 407 (2017_18) — Criminal Justice System; comprehensive reform for offenders; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders; to amend Title 15 and Chapter 6A of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts and the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; to amend Title 17, Code Section 24-4-609, Chapter 5 of Title 40, Title 42, and Code Section 43-1-19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, impeachment by evidence of conviction of a crime, drivers' licenses, penal institutions, and grounds for refusing to grant or revoking professional licenses; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 31 and Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Department of Community Health and public assistance; to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses; 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.


## Votes

- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 27TH — **5–47** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 416 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d13d671b-313b-4775-8eff-5cc05c514242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).