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type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally relative to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to provide consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; to provide for issuance of an identification card and a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; 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: "SB 147"
citation: "Georgia SB 147 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PENAL INSTITUTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "David Lucas", "Derek Mallow", "Donzella James", "Drew Echols", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Harold Jones II", "Jason Esteves", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Kenya Wicks", "Kim Jackson", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Nan Orrock", "RaShaun Kemp", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sally Harrell", "Sam Watson", "Sheikh Rahman", "Sonya Halpern", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/319fd54d-9fec-414d-9535-026e1bbf4afb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "74954733441f29e770a4ef3f46deee7126c4339c18bdc9d18ea83ce695354542"
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 SB 147 (2025_26) — Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally relative to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to provide consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; to provide for issuance of an identification card and a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235669.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 48 1463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232146.pdf)
3. **Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235650.pdf)
4. **LC 56 0387S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236593.pdf)
5. **SB 147/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238571.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #360 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #337 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #215 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Derek Mallow — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Drew Echols — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Kenya Wicks — primary (person)
- Kim Jackson — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-11** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 312 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/319fd54d-9fec-414d-9535-026e1bbf4afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).