Georgia House Bill 1190 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on June 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-17 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to justification and excuse, so as to comprehensively revise the law regarding justification and the use of force; to provide for certain investigations and reports in certain circumstances; to amend Titles 15, 16, 17, 20, and 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, crimes and offense, criminal procedure, education, and torts, respectively, so as to make conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Crimes and offenses; comprehensively revise the law regarding justification and use of force

Rep. Bee Nguyen [D]	Rep. Renitta Shannon [D]	Rep. William Boddie [D]	Rep. El-Mahdi Holly [D]
Rep. Carolyn Hugley [D]	Rep. Derrick Jackson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-17	House	House Second Readers
2020-06-16	House	House First Readers
2020-06-15	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/58380
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/193434