republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-147.md

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Bill	Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally relative to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to provide consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; to provide for issuance of an identification card and a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 147	Georgia SB 147 (2025_26)	bill	PENAL INSTITUTIONS	enacted	Blake Tillery Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne David Lucas Derek Mallow Donzella James Drew Echols Ed Harbison Elena Parent Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Harold Jones II Jason Esteves John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Kenya Wicks Kim Jackson Lee Anderson Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Nan Orrock RaShaun Kemp Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sally Harrell Sam Watson Sheikh Rahman Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch	5	18	3	2025-02-11	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/319fd54d-9fec-414d-9535-026e1bbf4afb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	74954733441f29e770a4ef3f46deee7126c4339c18bdc9d18ea83ce695354542	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 147 (2025_26) — Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally relative to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to provide consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; to provide for issuance of an identification card and a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 48 1463 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 56 0387S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 147/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #360 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #337 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #215 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2025-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 312 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/319fd54d-9fec-414d-9535-026e1bbf4afb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).