---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Coroner's Training Council; hearing complaints from outside parties regarding coroners; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-65 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Coroner's Training Council, so as to provide for hearing complaints from outside parties regarding coroners; 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Georgia SB 154 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Frank Ginn", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee94a43-004b-46f1-baa1-854189fa6a1f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b00168eaa95ca7b1911e6235f3217d3ee8ea5cfdedb64e86041d99b788b8e67a"
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 154 (2019_20) — Georgia Coroner's Training Council; hearing complaints from outside parties regarding coroners; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 45-16-65 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the powers and duties of the Georgia Coroner's Training Council, so as to provide for hearing complaints from outside parties regarding coroners; 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 34 5505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182240.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183462.pdf)
3. **SB 154/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185089.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 262 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bee94a43-004b-46f1-baa1-854189fa6a1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).