Georgia Senate Bill 402 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on August 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-01 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17, Part 3 of Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15, Chapter 10 of Title 16, Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 42, and Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, custody and release of child, offenses against public administration, pretrial release and diversion programs, and general provisions regarding registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, respectively, so as to provide for conditions for unsecured judicial release on a person's own recognizance; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for full-face bond requirements; to revise cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bonds and Recognizances; conditions for unsecured judicial release on a person's own recognizance; provide

Sen. Randy Robertson [R]	Sen. John Albers [R]	Sen. Butch Miller [R]	Sen. Renee Unterman [R]
Sen. Chuck Payne [R]	Sen. Steve Gooch [R]	Rep. Todd Jones [R]

2020-06-26 - House - House Vote #767 (Y: 99 N: 68 NV: 2 Abs: 11) [PASS]
2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate Vote #523 (Y: 46 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-01		Effective Date
2020-08-03		Act 547
2020-08-03	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2020-06-29	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2020-06-26	House	House Passed/Adopted
2020-06-26	House	House Third Readers
2020-06-25	House	House Postponed
2020-06-24	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2020-06-23	House	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2020-03-05	House	House Second Readers
2020-03-04	House	House First Readers
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate Third Read
2020-02-27	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2020-02-21	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2020-02-20	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57545
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/190376
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/191919
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/195086
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57545#17502
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57545#18019