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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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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 244"
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citation: "Georgia SB 244 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Brian Strickland", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Drew Echols", "Ed Setzler", "Greg Dolezal", "John Albers", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Russ Goodman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cfac32a-0f95-42b8-9cbe-6ab83db94214"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "608a635b0fd1af7a60745bdb5ed8f904da4cd00df3fabfe2be2768d3111d5fca"
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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 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
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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.
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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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235649.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 28 0678** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233579.pdf)
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3. **Floor Amend 1 AM 62 9001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235634.pdf)
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4. **LC 55 0633S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237942.pdf)
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5. **SB 244/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239202.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #471 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **35–18** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #392 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **103–61** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #214 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-26** 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 As Amended `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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- **2025-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 361 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
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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/2cfac32a-0f95-42b8-9cbe-6ab83db94214`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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