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| Bill | Criminal procedure; imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; revise criteria | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to revise the criteria for imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; to revise the sanctions for such crimes; to provide for the manner of serving such sentences; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 426 | Georgia HB 426 (2019_20) |
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6 | 23 | 1 | 2019-02-21 | 2020-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/059d8d0f-2502-42d6-9961-4ade1cd30d32 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 4459f0de1560b4876956ad65f8675010ec120ed3fb970cecffb088ca49b82c77 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 426 (2019_20) — Criminal procedure; imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; revise criteria
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to revise the criteria for imposition of punishment for crimes involving bias or prejudice; to revise the sanctions for such crimes; to provide for the manner of serving such sentences; 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.
- HB 426/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 28 9224/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 0124S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 0124S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 28 9829S (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 28 9843S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- TABLE — 47–115 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-21 House Hopper
- 2019-02-22 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-02-25 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-04 House Postponed
- 2019-03-05 House Postponed
- 2019-03-07 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-07 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-06-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-06-23 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-23 Senate Engrossed
passage - 2020-06-23 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-06-23 Senate Transmitted House
- 2020-06-23 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2020-06-25 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-06-26 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-26 Act 329
executive-signature - 2020-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/059d8d0f-2502-42d6-9961-4ade1cd30d32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).