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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; provide for procedure"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 15, Chapter 7 of Title 17, and Chapter 11 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to juries, pretrial proceedings, and miscellaneous offenses concerning public officers and employees, respectively, so as to provide for procedure for review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 941"
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citation: "Georgia HB 941 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "B.J. Pak", "Rich Golick", "Stacey Abrams"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83160147-0731-422d-9db0-51eca41d7150"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2803508e452f7933a5e1c4fbaae7a69d9fff0f75dc0a7d4ff886b2d11812d046"
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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 HB 941 (2015_16) — Courts; review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; provide for procedure
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 15, Chapter 7 of Title 17, and Chapter 11 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to juries, pretrial proceedings, and miscellaneous offenses concerning public officers and employees, respectively, so as to provide for procedure for review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; 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. **HB 941/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162240.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6900ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156792.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6931ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158453.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6931ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157844.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7111ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160749.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 350 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/83160147-0731-422d-9db0-51eca41d7150`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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