republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-134.md

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Bill	Evidence; that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to provide that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; to allow the use of narrative form medical reports in dependency and termination matters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 134	Georgia SB 134 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Greg Dolezal John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Mike Dugan Rick Williams Sam Watson Steve Gooch	3	15	2	2023-02-09	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1ee02fd5-0ce9-4df9-8742-ad2a48b7b33f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a9a1e040907923d6a808687ac1939cd6d28e0f7632151e7899918ece7dc6970d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 134 (2023_24) — Evidence; that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 24 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to evidence, so as to provide that a child witness be deemed competent to testify without taking the oath; to allow the use of narrative form medical reports in dependency and termination matters; 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 introduced LC 48 0793 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 134/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #240 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #107 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 247 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ee02fd5-0ce9-4df9-8742-ad2a48b7b33f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).