Georgia House Bill 258 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2017 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-03-21 - Senate Read Second Time
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes and offenses, so as to provide for sentencing to minimum terms of imprisonment for persons who knowingly commit the offense of aggravated assault upon a peace officer through the discharge of a firearm while the peace officer is engaged in, or on account of the performance of, his or her official duties; to prohibit such persons from eligibility for sentence-reducing measures under programs administered by the Department of Corrections; to provide for definitions; to prohibit persons so convicted from eligibility for sentence-reducing measures under programs administered by the Department of Corrections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Crimes and offenses; sentencing for persons who knowingly commit aggravated assault upon a peace officer; provisions

Rep. Alan Powell [R]	Rep. Eddie Lumsden [R]	Rep. Rick Jasperse [R]	Rep. Andrew Welch [R]
Rep. Bill Hitchens [R]	Sen. Joshua McKoon [R]

2017-03-03 - House - House Vote #185 (Y: 120 N: 51 NV: 5 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-21	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2018-03-21	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2017-03-03	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2017-03-03	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2017-03-03	House	House Third Readers
2017-02-27	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2017-02-09	House	House Second Readers
2017-02-08	House	House First Readers
2017-02-07	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50261
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/164446
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/166938
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/167513
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/177089
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50261#15013