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Bill Bonds and Recognizances; conditions for unsecured judicial release on a person's own recognizance; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17, Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Chapter 10 of Title 16, Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 42, and Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, custody and release of child, offenses against public administration, pretrial release and diversion programs, and general provisions regarding registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, respectively, so as to provide for conditions for unsecured judicial release on a person's own recognizance; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for full-face bond requirements; to revise cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2019_20 SB 402 Georgia SB 402 (2019_20)
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Butch Miller
Chuck Payne
John Albers
Randy Robertson
Renee Unterman
Steve Gooch
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Georgia SB 402 (2019_20) — Bonds and Recognizances; conditions for unsecured judicial release on a person's own recognizance; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17, Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Chapter 10 of Title 16, Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 42, and Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, custody and release of child, offenses against public administration, pretrial release and diversion programs, and general provisions regarding registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, respectively, so as to provide for conditions for unsecured judicial release on a person's own recognizance; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for full-face bond requirements; to revise cross-references; 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 41 2315 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB402/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 468 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Blake Tillery — primary (person)
  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)
  • Renee Unterman — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-02-20 Senate Hopper
  • 2020-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2020-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2020-03-03 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2020-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2020-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2020-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2020-06-23 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
  • 2020-06-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-06-25 House Postponed
  • 2020-06-26 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2020-06-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2020-08-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2020-08-03 Act 547 executive-signature
  • 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fc50a4b-5344-453e-bc56-af3de9d7d8a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).