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Bill 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 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. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 SB 204 Georgia SB 204 (2025_26)
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CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE)
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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Colton Moore
Donzella James
Elena Parent
Michael 'Doc' Rhett
Sheikh Rahman
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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

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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. As Introduced LC 49 2247 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 48 1608S/hss (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 49 2425S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB 204/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0496 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #428 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 7595 (fail) · lower
  • House Vote #429 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 9974 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #211 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 514 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #495 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 3121 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #494 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 3221 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Colton Moore — primary (person)
  • Donzella James — primary (person)
  • Elena Parent — primary (person)
  • Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
  • Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-19 Senate Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-20 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 passage
  • 2025-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2025-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-04-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2026-01-13 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-12 Veto V10 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04598b76-b335-4ea4-a4e2-87ac6618ec22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).