republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-123.md

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Bill	Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide	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 provide for pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability; to provide for a definition; to provide for notice of intent to claim intellectual disability; to provide for pretrial determination of intellectual disability; to provide for verdicts; to provide for capital case procedures; to provide for reports investigating reversible error; to provide for a standard of review; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 123	Georgia HB 123 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PENAL INSTITUTIONS	enacted	Bill Werkheiser Deborah Silcox Matt Reeves Scott Holcomb Stan Gunter Tyler Paul Smith	3	16	3	2025-01-27	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/441b1e82-4ca2-4819-b33a-9e831b88d78f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	986e404b07b54f7bda8b553ed430bc32f4595910f026b626585ec64e61b2073f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 123 (2025_26) — Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide

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 provide for pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability; to provide for a definition; to provide for notice of intent to claim intellectual disability; to provide for pretrial determination of intellectual disability; to provide for verdicts; to provide for capital case procedures; to provide for reports investigating reversible error; to provide for a standard of review; 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. HB 123/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1378/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2386S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #160 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #375 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 150–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #354 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-27 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 191 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/441b1e82-4ca2-4819-b33a-9e831b88d78f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).