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Bill Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 SB 605 Georgia SB 605 (2025_26)
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Greg Dolezal
Steve Gooch
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Georgia SB 605 (2025_26) — Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 Introduced LC 47 4122 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee Sub LC 47 4150S (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB 605/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #783 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1567 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #658 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 3418 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
  • Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2026-02-25 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Tabled
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-11 Act 499 executive-signature
  • 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71ba1582-9f40-40fa-83d6-9bf63a1b8e5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).