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
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Officially: “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,...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
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 conflictin
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 27, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Mar 31, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 4, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Jan 13, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Vetoed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Veto V10 · May 12, 2026
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
MOTION TO IMMEDIATELY TRANSMIT TO GOVERNORSenate · 2026-01-13 · yea 31, nay 21, notVoting 2, excused 2
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-01-13 · yea 32, nay 21, notVoting 1, excused 2
TABLEHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 75, nay 95, notVoting 4, excused 6
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 99, nay 74, notVoting 2, excused 5
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 51, nay 4, notVoting 0, excused 1
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: Veto V10 (May 12, 2026).