Fabio
3.7 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Penal institutions; certain individuals sentenced between March 18, 1968 and October 31, 1982; allow to petition court for first offender status | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-8-66 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to petitions for exoneration and discharge as a first offender, hearings, and retroactive grant of first offender status, so as to allow certain individuals sentenced to a term of incarceration between March 18, 1968, and October 31, 1982, to petition the court for a retroactive grant of first offender status if he or she would have otherwise qualified for sentencing pursuant to this article; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 261 | Georgia HB 261 (2017_18) |
|
enacted |
|
0 | 15 | 1 | 2017-02-07 | 2017-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/bba969c7-76e0-434c-a9fb-f58552129535 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | d4f89d54c7a5343ea9cedb1b879d27a5570abd4ee0b1fac9fc6fb1965a03d83b | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Georgia HB 261 (2017_18) — Penal institutions; certain individuals sentenced between March 18, 1968 and October 31, 1982; allow to petition court for first offender status
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-8-66 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to petitions for exoneration and discharge as a first offender, hearings, and retroactive grant of first offender status, so as to allow certain individuals sentenced to a term of incarceration between March 18, 1968, and October 31, 1982, to petition the court for a retroactive grant of first offender status if he or she would have otherwise qualified for sentencing pursuant to this article; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 173–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-07 House Hopper
- 2017-02-08 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-03-24 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2017-04-03 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-08 Act 219
executive-signature - 2017-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bba969c7-76e0-434c-a9fb-f58552129535. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).