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type: "Bill"
title: "Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-8-38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest or graduated sanctions for probationers violating terms, hearing, disposition of charge, and procedure when probation revoked in county other than that of conviction, so as to provide for credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Georgia HB 535 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENAL INSTITUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Leverett", "Soo Hong", "Stacey Evans", "Tanya Miller", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d84028-5ddd-4c65-9c25-7974e196b348"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bb98096a9207e9f6ca7040d7a0aaa8949f165e30f15ce33b30f29b3138716788"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 535 (2025_26) — Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 42-8-38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to arrest or graduated sanctions for probationers violating terms, hearing, disposition of charge, and procedure when probation revoked in county other than that of conviction, so as to provide for credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; 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 535/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248623.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1478/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232977.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246011.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2562S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245621.pdf)
5. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245922.pdf)
6. **Sen Floor Amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245970.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor Amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245972.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #723 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #230 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **178–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #830 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
- Tanya Miller — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-19** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 384 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6d84028-5ddd-4c65-9c25-7974e196b348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).