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| Bill | Criminal procedure; certain outdated terminology; replace | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure so as to replace certain outdated terminology, as it relates to the use of "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded"; to provide that such updated terminology shall not affect case law decided prior to this change; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 343 | Georgia HB 343 (2017_18) |
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0 | 16 | 1 | 2017-02-10 | 2017-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/594aaa76-c01d-4c91-a715-07af7f47e155 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 7d480ed2ccdd854a6a9e049710c7672812e0b62ceab841c017507471588f349d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 343 (2017_18) — Criminal procedure; certain outdated terminology; replace
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to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure so as to replace certain outdated terminology, as it relates to the use of "mental retardation" and "mentally retarded"; to provide that such updated terminology shall not affect case law decided prior to this change; 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 — 168–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Ed Rynders — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-10 House Hopper
- 2017-02-14 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-15 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-02-27 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-02-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-02-28 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-03-28 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2017-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-30 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-08 Act 189
executive-signature - 2017-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/594aaa76-c01d-4c91-a715-07af7f47e155. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).