Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability; to provide for a definition; to provide for notice of intent to claim intellectual disability; to provide for pretrial determination of intellectual disability; to provide for verdicts; to provide for capital case procedures; to pr
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Jan 27, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 28, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 29, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 31, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 8, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 13, 2025
Act 191 · May 13, 2025
Effective Date · May 13, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Werkheiser, BillReeves, MattSilcox, DeborahHolcomb, ScottSmith, Tyler PaulGunter, StanStrickland, Brian
Recorded votes
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 53, nay 1, notVoting 0, excused 2
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 150, nay 3, notVoting 13, excused 14
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-04 · yea 172, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 5
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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