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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 204"
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citation: "Georgia SB 204 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Colton Moore", "Donzella James", "Elena Parent", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Sheikh Rahman"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04598b76-b335-4ea4-a4e2-87ac6618ec22"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "764769d2cc5aa8bad75023678001cfb8684fa0ff5313cf2b3b00a3b7ec3a0337"
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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 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
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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.
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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. **As Introduced LC 49 2247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232872.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235647.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1608S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237462.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 2425S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239165.pdf)
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5. **SB 204/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239795.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239656.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #428 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **75–95** (fail) · lower
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- House Vote #429 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **99–74** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #211 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–4** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #495 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–21** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #494 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–21** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-01-13** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Veto V10 `executive-veto`
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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/04598b76-b335-4ea4-a4e2-87ac6618ec22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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