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| Bill | Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide that at any time after conviction for a misdemeanor or felony offense a defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | SB 565 | Georgia SB 565 (2021_22) |
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Georgia SB 565 (2021_22) — Sentence and Punishment; any time after conviction; defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to provide that at any time after conviction for a misdemeanor or felony offense a defendant convicted of an offense and sentenced as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude may petition the sentencing court to grant the relief of vacatur; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- As introduced LC 49 0839 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 49 0935S (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 0600S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 565/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 49–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-02-24 Senate Hopper
- 2022-02-28 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-11 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-03-15 Senate Tabled
- 2022-03-15 Senate Taken from Table
- 2022-03-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-03-16 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-03-17 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-09 Act 834
executive-signature - 2022-05-09 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9ed2228-4372-4e6e-b076-139ca00f5c7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).