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Georgia General Assembly · SB 255 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 314)

General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to codify a process for the authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; Read the full text

2025-2026 regular session

What it does

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to codify a process for the authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; to provide for oaths and subpoena powers related to such investigatory powers; to provide for confidentiality of certain materials; to explicitly preserve any authority, immunity, privilege, or power grant
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Where it is

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Senate Hopper · Feb 25, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 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 Third Readers · Apr 2, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 314 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · May 14, 2025

The numbers

2
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Cowsert, BillLeverett, Rob

Recorded votes

AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 31, nay 22, notVoting 0, excused 3
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-02 · yea 91, nay 67, notVoting 3, excused 19
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 33, nay 23, notVoting 0, 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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