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Georgia General Assembly · SB 218 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 489)

Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide that the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall be funded... Read the full text

2025-2026 regular session

What it does

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide that the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts and shall be funded by funds appropriated or otherwise available to the judicial branch of state government; to amend Code Section 16-11-130 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from Code Secti
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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 By Substitute · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Apr 2, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Apr 4, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 4, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 489 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026

The numbers

7
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Robertson, RandyStrickland, BrianGooch, SteveWalker, III, LarryBearden, TimothyKennedy, John F.Gullett, Joseph

Recorded votes

AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-02-25 · yea 49, nay 1, notVoting 4, excused 2
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 149, nay 18, notVoting 4, excused 9
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 34, nay 21, 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.
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