republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-367.md

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Bill	Georgia Council Justice Reform; provide for comprehensive reform	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders entering, proceeding through, and leaving the criminal justice system so as to promote an offender's successful reentry into society, benefit the public, and enact reforms recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 367	Georgia SB 367 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel David Shafer Dean Burke Ed Harbison Elena Parent Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Hunter Hill JaNice VanNess John Kennedy John Wilkinson Judson Hill Lindsey Tippins Michael Williams Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Rick Jeffares Tommie Williams Tyler Harper Valencia Seay Vincent Fort William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	4	16	1	2016-02-10	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2c75a396-51e0-45cf-a8c6-68e4878d364e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	15fdd6ff1e3be66b8cb30642dd0014586a4af8d57a54ebce8113395c29868573	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 367 (2015_16) — Georgia Council Justice Reform; provide for comprehensive reform

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders entering, proceeding through, and leaving the criminal justice system so as to promote an offender's successful reentry into society, benefit the public, and enact reforms recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; 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 29 6906-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 7114S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 367/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 460 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c75a396-51e0-45cf-a8c6-68e4878d364e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).