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Bill Appeal and error; declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding credibility of a peace officer; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5, Chapter 4 of Title 9, Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15, and Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appellate practice, declaratory judgments, prosecuting attorneys, and criminal trials, respectively, so as to provide for declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding the credibility of a peace officer; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for review by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council of accusations of peace officer impairment as a witness; to provide for definitions; to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to grand juries, so as to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 288 Georgia HB 288 (2025_26)
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APPEAL AND ERROR
CIVIL PRACTICE
COURTS
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES
STATE GOVERNMENT
enacted
Clint Crowe
Eddie Lumsden
Houston Gaines
Matt Reeves
Rob Clifton
Stan Gunter
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Georgia HB 288 (2025_26) — Appeal and error; declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding credibility of a peace officer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5, Chapter 4 of Title 9, Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15, and Chapter 16 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appellate practice, declaratory judgments, prosecuting attorneys, and criminal trials, respectively, so as to provide for declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding the credibility of a peace officer; to amend Chapter 8 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for review by the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council of accusations of peace officer impairment as a witness; to provide for definitions; to amend Part 1 of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions relative to grand juries, so as to provide for conforming changes; 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. HB 288/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 39 4532/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 56 0365S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 56 0365S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 62 0195S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #349 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 550 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #367 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 15214 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #204 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 14620 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Clint Crowe — primary (person)
  • Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
  • Houston Gaines — primary (person)
  • Matt Reeves — primary (person)
  • Rob Clifton — primary (person)
  • Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-05 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-06 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-12 Act 115 executive-signature
  • 2025-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e35feadf-422e-4ec5-b56b-1c0ce91bad00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).