republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-301.md

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Bill	Detainers; inmates charged with subsequent felony offenses under sentence and in custody; temporary custody provisions; revise	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding detainers, so as to revise temporary custody provisions of inmates who have been charged with subsequent felony offenses while under sentence and in custody of the department; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 301	Georgia SB 301 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Blake Tillery Butch Miller Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Randy Robertson	4	15	1	2020-01-16	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/cc5b7405-3466-4bb2-ad16-cb9cb81c08c6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	940bdffb4f3ea3b4fad6878fc958a463b84eb76924b24e8e0dc2cf4d4b08a589	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 301 (2019_20) — Detainers; inmates charged with subsequent felony offenses under sentence and in custody; temporary custody provisions; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding detainers, so as to revise temporary custody provisions of inmates who have been charged with subsequent felony offenses while under sentence and in custody of the department; 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 48 0144 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 39 2577S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB301/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Senate Hopper
• 2020-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 511 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc5b7405-3466-4bb2-ad16-cb9cb81c08c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).