---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; promulgate standards of conduct and rules for the commission's governance; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-18-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, authority, membership, ex parte communications, governance, disciplinary actions, confidentiality, and privileged nature; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 332"
citation: "Georgia SB 332 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Jason Anavitarte", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95bb7f2b-522c-4ba7-a30c-3e4c1dae841b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "417dab98b1960c889b06ba9e71eea64f6fc5f12ecd9b3071d743199b3c2ad445"
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 332 (2023_24) — Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; promulgate standards of conduct and rules for the commission's governance; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-18-32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, authority, membership, ex parte communications, governance, disciplinary actions, confidentiality, and privileged nature; 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.

1. **As Introduced LC 48 1010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220949.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222929.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 49 1700S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222066.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 49 0134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222885.pdf)
5. **SB 332 Prefile** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220804.pdf)
6. **SB 332/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226513.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #469 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **29–22** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #661 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **97–73** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Senate Prefiled `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Act 368 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95bb7f2b-522c-4ba7-a30c-3e4c1dae841b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).