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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Procedure; require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for written policies relating to witness identification protocol; to provide for policy requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 94"
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citation: "Georgia SB 94 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Charlie Bethel"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77cb8da-c415-4caa-9048-7ac677dcc4c7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dccffefb93dfe7bff1509c32014a14cff2eb26601ba39ba2d24c5d5e97f369d1"
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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 94 (2015_16) — Criminal Procedure; require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to require a procedure for enhancing witness identification accuracy; to provide for definitions; to provide for written policies relating to witness identification protocol; to provide for policy requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 6223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147082.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149421.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 29 6438S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149096.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment - AM 29 2400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152128.pdf)
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5. **LC 29 6596ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151583.pdf)
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6. **SB 94/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153952.pdf)
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7. **SB 94/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152157.pdf)
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8. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 29 2466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153913.pdf)
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9. **Sen fl amend 1a AM 29 2474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153914.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 173 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/e77cb8da-c415-4caa-9048-7ac677dcc4c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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