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Bill	Pardons and paroles; provide input and transparency relative to granting a parole or commutation of a death sentence to a life sentence; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 17 and Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights and pardons and paroles, respectively, so as to provide for input and transparency relative to the granting of a pardon or commutation of a death sentence to a life sentence; to change provisions relating to notifications by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; to change provisions relating to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles procedure and information gathering when considering the grant of pardon, clemency, or commutation of a death sentence; to provide for exemptions from disclosure; to amend Code Section 50-13-9.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to variance or waiver to rules, so as to correct an incorrect reference; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 71	Georgia HB 71 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alex Atwood Barry Fleming Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Kevin Tanner Mary Oliver Rich Golick	5	20	1	2015-01-15	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/77534658-1946-4b66-8cf1-5764a0592655	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f8ced876e756205654e83632f5850f24391b9bea748d25bee6776de66531e8a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 71 (2015_16) — Pardons and paroles; provide input and transparency relative to granting a parole or commutation of a death sentence to a life sentence; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 17 of Title 17 and Chapter 9 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights and pardons and paroles, respectively, so as to provide for input and transparency relative to the granting of a pardon or commutation of a death sentence to a life sentence; to change provisions relating to notifications by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles; to change provisions relating to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles procedure and information gathering when considering the grant of pardon, clemency, or commutation of a death sentence; to provide for exemptions from disclosure; to amend Code Section 50-13-9.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to variance or waiver to rules, so as to correct an incorrect reference; 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. HB 71/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6192/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6437S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6437S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6613S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 162–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Atwood — primary (person)
• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-15 House Hopper
• 2015-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-26 House Postponed
• 2015-03-02 House Postponed
• 2015-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2015-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-01 Act 43 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77534658-1946-4b66-8cf1-5764a0592655. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).