republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-99.md

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Bill	Conduct of Proceedings; reversal on appeal; judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of proceedings, so as to change provisions relating to reversal on appeal when a judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case or as to the accused's guilt; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 99	Georgia SB 99 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Charlie Bethel John Kennedy Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Marty Harbin Michael Williams	8	18	1	2015-02-10	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9099c13f-051a-4d88-b1d1-7f2328ba3c34	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	617ff147e86c16031ff398ab16a794885c1b74bc5287ed152529d2749ded0487	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 99 (2015_16) — Conduct of Proceedings; reversal on appeal; judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conduct of proceedings, so as to change provisions relating to reversal on appeal when a judge expresses an opinion regarding proof in a criminal case or as to the accused's guilt; 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 29 6352 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 6527S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment - AM 29 2468 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 29 6638S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 99/AP* (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 99/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 39–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House 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 174 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9099c13f-051a-4d88-b1d1-7f2328ba3c34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).