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Bill	Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 16, 17, and 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, criminal procedure, and evidence, respectively, so as to provide for defendants to support a justification defense by offering evidence of family violence, dating violence, or child abuse committed by the alleged victim; to provide a privilege for participation in victim centered programs and victim-offender dialogues; to provide for definitions; to provide for limitations; to provide for civil immunity for facilitators in certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 582	Georgia HB 582 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DOMESTIC RELATIONS EVIDENCE PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	James Burchett Kimberly New Matt Reeves Soo Hong Stan Gunter Tyler Paul Smith	7	16	3	2025-02-21	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9d701b1a-e8a4-4f49-a26c-5dd786f53c60	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b274b13871d3627b32ef1307a53c230fb4e66de24fe88def616ae63eec9b12f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 582 (2025_26) — Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 16, 17, and 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to crimes and offenses, criminal procedure, and evidence, respectively, so as to provide for defendants to support a justification defense by offering evidence of family violence, dating violence, or child abuse committed by the alleged victim; to provide a privilege for participation in victim centered programs and victim-offender dialogues; to provide for definitions; to provide for limitations; to provide for civil immunity for facilitators in certain circumstances; to provide for a short title; 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 582/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1572S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1572S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2256/a (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 582 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2384S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 62 0042 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #254 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #407 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #417 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Kimberly New — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-26 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
• 2025-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 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 131 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d701b1a-e8a4-4f49-a26c-5dd786f53c60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).