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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide"
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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 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 123"
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citation: "Georgia HB 123 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PENAL INSTITUTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Deborah Silcox", "Matt Reeves", "Scott Holcomb", "Stan Gunter", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-27"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441b1e82-4ca2-4819-b33a-9e831b88d78f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "986e404b07b54f7bda8b553ed430bc32f4595910f026b626585ec64e61b2073f"
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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 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
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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 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.
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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. **HB 123/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238516.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 1378/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230266.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 49 2386S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237486.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #160 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #375 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **150–3** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #354 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 191 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/441b1e82-4ca2-4819-b33a-9e831b88d78f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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