Committee
Georgia House Judiciary: Non-Civil Committee
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committee members
Mandi Ballinger (R)
James Burchett (R)
Charlice Byrd (R)
Sharon Cooper (R)
Clint Crowe (R)
Chuck Efstration (R)
Joseph Gullett (R)
Ex-Officio
Stan Gunter (R)
El-Mahdi Holly (D)
Secretary
Soo Hong (R)
Dar'shun Kendrick (D)
Rob Leverett (R)
Yasmin Neal (D)
Esther Panitch (D)
Shea Roberts (D)
Vice Chair
Deborah Silcox (R)
Chair
Tyler Smith (R)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB10 | Georgia Booking Photo Privacy Protection Act; enact | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| HB35 | Courts; private attorney appointed to act as district attorney pro tempore; revise compensation | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| HB41 | Georgia Local Governance and Fair Enforcement Act; enact | Introduced | 01/15/2025 |
| HB45 | Courts; special grand jury impaneling procedures; revise provisions | Introduced | 01/15/2025 |
| HB57 | Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| HB123 | Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/28/2025 |
| HB125 | Crimes and offenses; online menacing of a peace officer; provide for offense | Introduced | 01/28/2025 |
| HB161 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation; authority to issue subpoenas of electronic communication records for purposes of investigating certain cyber enabled threats to life and property; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/29/2025 |
| HB162 | Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide | Crossed Over | 01/29/2025 |
| HB171 | Crimes and offenses; obscenity; repeal and replace Code Section 16-12-80 | Crossed Over | 01/30/2025 |
| HB176 | Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB194 | Crimes and offenses; justification for use of force in defense of self or others; revise standards | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB195 | Watercraft; require probable cause for summonses and boarding vessels | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB214 | Evidence; creative and artistic expression evidence is inadmissible at trial; provide | Introduced | 02/03/2025 |
| HB222 | Criminal procedure; inclusion of certain contact information on bonds and recognizances; require | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| HB237 | Evidence; admissibility of creative or artistic expression evidence at trial; provide | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HB242 | Crimes and offenses; disorderly or disruptive conduct at any funeral or memorial service; include religious worship and observance | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| HB285 | Law enforcement agencies; judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information; provide | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| HB301 | The Time Served Act of 2025; enact | Introduced | 02/06/2025 |
| HB319 | Crimes and offenses; illegal aliens; penalties for state and local officials and employees for noncompliance; provide | Introduced | 02/10/2025 |
| HB344 | Motor vehicles; school bus cameras; revise penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images | Introduced | 02/11/2025 |
| HB354 | Evidence; exclude certain communications made between attorney and client when client is in a penal institution | Introduced | 02/11/2025 |
| HB363 | Crimes and offenses; criminal trespass; include religious worship and observance or acknowledging the death of an individual | Introduced | 02/11/2025 |
| HB384 | Crimes and offenses; uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; provide | Crossed Over | 02/12/2025 |
| HB390 | HALO Act; enact | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| HB421 | Interstate Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact | Introduced | 02/13/2025 |
| HB430 | Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; venue for certain petitions regarding state sexual offender registry; provide | Crossed Over | 02/13/2025 |
| HB441 | Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act; enact | Introduced | 02/18/2025 |
| HB447 | Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide | Crossed Over | 02/18/2025 |
| HB458 | Controlled substances; possession of four grams or more of fentanyl; provisions | Introduced | 02/18/2025 |
| HB460 | Evidence; exclude certain communications made between attorney and client when client is in a penal institution | Crossed Over | 02/13/2025 |
| HB464 | Crimes and offenses; immunity for a prospective offender while seeking assistance from law enforcement as a victim of certain offenses; provide | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| HB483 | Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide | Crossed Over | 02/19/2025 |
| HB496 | Criminal procedure; scent of marijuana, cannabis, or hemp; provide imitations on stops, searches, seizures, or arrests | Introduced | 02/19/2025 |
| HB525 | Criminal procedure; discovery in misdemeanor cases; change provisions | Introduced | 02/20/2025 |
| HB533 | Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| HB535 | Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide | Crossed Over | 02/20/2025 |
| HB582 | Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| HB626 | Criminal procedure; extend retention period of evidence of sexual assault when victim elects not to immediately report assault | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| HB627 | Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision | Crossed Over | 02/27/2025 |
| HB636 | Crimes and offenses; sexual offenses; revise penalties | Introduced | 02/27/2025 |
| HB650 | Presidential Felon Freedom Act; enact | Introduced | 02/26/2025 |
| HB675 | Crimes and offenses; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| HB682 | Criminal procedure; death penalty shall not be imposed if only evidence is testimony of a single eyewitness; provide | Introduced | 03/03/2025 |
| HB804 | Crimes and offenses; codify proclamation that would grant a pardon regarding offense of simple possession of marijuana | Introduced | 03/21/2025 |
| HB821 | Criminal procedure; include aggravated assault as a bailable offense only before a superior court judge | Introduced | 03/25/2025 |
| HB894 | Georgia Second Look Act; enact | Introduced | 04/02/2025 |
| SB27 | Stalking; offense of doxxing; penalties; protective order; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB42 | Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| SB61 | Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB74 | Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal | Crossed Over | 03/04/2025 |
| SB79 | "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| SB102 | Dogfighting; revise provisions | Crossed Over | 02/21/2025 |
| SB132 | Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB163 | Brady Law Regulations; standards for bringing an action against the government for an unauthorized act relating to regulation of weapons; revise | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB204 | 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 | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB207 | Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB218 | Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| SB244 | Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| SB268 | Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |