republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-94.md

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Bill	Criminal Procedure; require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for written policies relating to witness identification protocol; to provide for policy requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 94	Georgia SB 94 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Charlie Bethel	9	17	1	2015-02-09	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e77cb8da-c415-4caa-9048-7ac677dcc4c7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dccffefb93dfe7bff1509c32014a14cff2eb26601ba39ba2d24c5d5e97f369d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 94 (2015_16) — Criminal Procedure; require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for written policies relating to witness identification protocol; to provide for policy requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 29 6223 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 6438S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment - AM 29 2400 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 29 6596ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 94/AP* (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 94/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen fl amend 1 AM 29 2466 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen fl amend 1a AM 29 2474 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-09 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 173 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e77cb8da-c415-4caa-9048-7ac677dcc4c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).