Courts; review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; provide for procedure
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 15, Chapter 7 of Title 17, and Chapter 11 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to juries, pretrial proceedings, and miscellaneous offenses concerning public officers and employees, respectively, so as to provide for procedure for review of incidents involving a peace officer's use of deadly force that results in death or serious bodily injury; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2016
Committee Review
Mar 2016
House Passage
Feb 2016
Senate Passage
Mar 2016
Signed into Law
Apr 2016
Introduced Feb 8, 2016
Signed Apr 26, 2016
Floor votes · House Feb 23, 2016
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 26, 2016
Signed into law
Act 350
upper
Apr 26, 2016
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 24, 2016
Introduced
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
lower
Mar 22, 2016
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 16, 2016
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 24, 2016
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 23, 2016
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 18, 2016
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alex Atwood
RRepublican
P
B.J. Pak
RRepublican
P
Rich Golick
RRepublican
P
Stacey Abrams
DDemocratic
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