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| Bill | Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the assessment and payment of costs of criminal proceedings, so as to provide for the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; to provide for procedures for assessing and paying such fees and costs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2025_26 | SB 244 | Georgia SB 244 (2025_26) |
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Georgia SB 244 (2025_26) — Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the assessment and payment of costs of criminal proceedings, so as to provide for the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; to provide for procedures for assessing and paying such fees and costs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- As introduced LC 28 0678 (committee substitute) — source
- Floor Amend 1 AM 62 9001 (committee substitute) — source
- LC 55 0633S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 244/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #471 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 35–18 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #392 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 103–61 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #214 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Drew Echols — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-24 Senate Hopper
introduction - 2025-02-26 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 As Amended
passage - 2025-03-10 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2025-03-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2025-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2025-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2025-04-04 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2025-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2025-05-14 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2025-05-14 Act 361
executive-signature - 2025-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cfac32a-0f95-42b8-9cbe-6ab83db94214. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).