---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "Georgia SB 605 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Greg Dolezal", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-25"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71ba1582-9f40-40fa-83d6-9bf63a1b8e5e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "198c086e7ad86183fcfcc8e1e2a3081740130033a2feffb1e1c668a9f779392d"
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 605 (2025_26) — Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 47 4122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244244.pdf)
2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245474.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 47 4150S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244645.pdf)
4. **SB 605/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248177.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #783 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **156–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #658 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **34–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-25** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2026-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 499 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71ba1582-9f40-40fa-83d6-9bf63a1b8e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).