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| Bill | Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-70.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trial upon accusations in certain felony and misdemeanor cases and trial upon plea of guilty or nolo contendere, so as to allow for offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 204 | Georgia SB 204 (2025_26) |
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Georgia SB 204 (2025_26) — Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-7-70.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trial upon accusations in certain felony and misdemeanor cases and trial upon plea of guilty or nolo contendere, so as to allow for offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; to provide for definitions; to provide for conditions; 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.
- As Introduced LC 49 2247 (committee substitute) — source
- As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 1608S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 2425S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
- SB 204/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0496 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #428 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 75–95 (fail) · lower
- House Vote #429 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 99–74 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #211 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–4 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #495 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 31–21 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #494 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–21 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Colton Moore — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-20 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2025-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-04 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
passage - 2025-03-10 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-03-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2025-04-04 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-04-04 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-04-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-01-13 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-12 Veto V10
executive-veto
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04598b76-b335-4ea4-a4e2-87ac6618ec22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).