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Georgia General Assembly · SB 147 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 312)

Correctional Institutions of State and Counties; consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; provide

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally relative to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to provide consent for the release of certain criminal history,... Read the full text

2025-2026 regular session

What it does

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally relative to correctional institutions of state and counties, so as to provide consent for the release of certain criminal history, vocational, and educational information for inmates upon release; to provide for issuance of an identification card and a Program and Treatment Completion Certificate; to provide for related matters; to repe
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Where it is

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Senate Hopper · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 28, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 28, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 312 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025

The numbers

32
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Rhett, Michael 'Doc'Albers, JohnRobertson, RandyGooch, SteveOrrock, NanHarbison, EdParent, ElenaAnderson, LeeLucas, DavidSims, Freddie PowellKirkpatrick, KayJames, DonzellaGinn, FrankEchols, DrewHufstetler, ChuckEsteves, JasonHalpern, SonyaKemp, RaShaunHarrell, SallyTillery, BlakeWicks, KenyaDavenport, GailJones II, HaroldJackson, KimBurns, MaxWilliams, RickRahman, SheikhPayne, ChuckGoodman, RussMallow, DerekWatson, SamWerkheiser, Bill

Recorded votes

AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 51, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-28 · yea 163, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 13
PASSAGE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 55, nay 0, notVoting 1, excused 0
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.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective Date (Jul 1, 2025).