Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for the restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked;” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, so as to provide for the restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to first offenders relative to probation, so as to provide for the restriction and seal of first offender sentences at the time of sentencing; t
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Jan 28, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 29, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 30, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 12, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 25, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 10, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 12, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 12, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 23, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 5, 2026
Act 403 · May 5, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-03-23 · yea 166, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 9
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-12 · yea 47, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 6
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-19 · 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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