---
type: "Bill"
title: "State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, and Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state-wide probation system, so as to revise the conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 105"
citation: "Georgia SB 105 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brian Strickland", "Bruce Thompson", "John Kennedy", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/800ceeee-7ca4-441d-9df6-6d7c133e5de0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3ce0be569de3bcdb74ae7d85d8132e0d6cec10758cfc0ecdaf54202599bf0958"
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 105 (2021_22) — State-Wide Probation System; conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, and Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state-wide probation system, so as to revise the conditions and procedures under which probation may be terminated early; 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 introduced LC 28 0043** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196997.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198797.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 2961S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198047.pdf)
4. **SB 105/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201770.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 151 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/800ceeee-7ca4-441d-9df6-6d7c133e5de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).