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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Council Justice Reform; provide for comprehensive reform"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders entering, proceeding through, and leaving the criminal justice system so as to promote an offender's successful reentry into society, benefit the public, and enact reforms recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 367"
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citation: "Georgia SB 367 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "David Shafer", "Dean Burke", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Ellis Black", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Hunter Hill", "JaNice VanNess", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Judson Hill", "Lindsey Tippins", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Nan Orrock", "Rick Jeffares", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay", "Vincent Fort", "William Jackson", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-10"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c75a396-51e0-45cf-a8c6-68e4878d364e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "15fdd6ff1e3be66b8cb30642dd0014586a4af8d57a54ebce8113395c29868573"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 367 (2015_16) — Georgia Council Justice Reform; provide for comprehensive reform
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for comprehensive reform for offenders entering, proceeding through, and leaving the criminal justice system so as to promote an offender's successful reentry into society, benefit the public, and enact reforms recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 29 6906-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157182.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158846.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 7114S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160407.pdf)
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4. **SB 367/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162432.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
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- JaNice VanNess — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Judson Hill — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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- Vincent Fort — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-01** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-27** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-27** Act 460 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c75a396-51e0-45cf-a8c6-68e4878d364e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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