Georgia House Bill 714 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-02 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conditions of detention generally, so as to revise provisions relating to punishment; to provide definitions; to provide for a schedule of penalties for administrative infractions; to provide for a schedule of penalties for substantive infractions; to provide maximum periods of consecutive and total time an incarcerated person can be subject to restrictive housing; to provide limitations for the use of restrictive housing; to provide that incarcerated persons subject to restrictive housings receive certain services; to limit the release of incarcerated persons directly from restrictive housing to the community; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Penal institutions; punishment; revise provisions

Rep. Bee Nguyen [D]	Rep. William Boddie [D]	Rep. Park Cannon [D]	Rep. Spencer Frye [D]
Rep. Shelly Hutchinson [D]	Rep. Erick Allen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-02	House	House Second Readers
2019-03-29	House	House First Readers
2019-03-28	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/56436
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/186641