republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-218.md

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Bill	Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide that the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall be funded by funds appropriated or otherwise available to the judicial branch of state government; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to provide for exemptions for current and retired members, staff, and other employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 218	Georgia SB 218 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS	enacted	Brian Strickland John F. Kennedy Larry Walker, III Randy Robertson Steve Gooch Timothy Bearden	7	17	3	2025-02-19	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/008e69c6-a66f-4857-ba4e-254f9cd2c4b9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	74307682d03c412099b53b18bf22272a17961ac567c7d73e4c6a3379ed1a3e4a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 218 (2025_26) — Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide that the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall be funded by funds appropriated or otherwise available to the judicial branch of state government; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Sections 16-11-126 through 16-11-127.2, so as to provide for exemptions for current and retired members, staff, and other employees of the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; 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 49 2232 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 49 2293S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 48 1627S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 49 2429S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 218/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #177 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 34–21 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #431 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 149–18 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #585 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-04-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-04-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 489 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/008e69c6-a66f-4857-ba4e-254f9cd2c4b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).