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Georgia General Assembly · SB 605 · Senate Date Signed by Governor (Act 499)

Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide

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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding prosecuting attorneys, so as to provide for additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her... Read the full text

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2025-2026 regular session

Where it is

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Senate Hopper · Feb 25, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 9, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 19, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 27, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 11, 2026
Act 499 · May 11, 2026
Effective Date · May 11, 2026

The numbers

4
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Cowsert, BillDolezal, GregGooch, SteveSmith, Tyler Paul

Recorded votes

PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-27 · yea 156, nay 7, notVoting 7, excused 10
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-06 · yea 34, nay 18, notVoting 2, excused 2
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 (May 11, 2026).