GA HB1353 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-17 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issues of insanity and mental incompetency in pretrial proceedings, so as to provide that evaluations to determine whether there is a substantial probability that an accused will attain mental competency to stand trial be conducted on an outpatient basis for an accused who is charged with a misdemeanor offense; to provide that treatment to determine if an accused will attain competency within a 90 day period be provided on an outpatient basis for an accused who is charged with a misdemeanor offense; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Title

Criminal procedure; evaluations to determine mental competency to stand trial; provisions

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-17HouseHouse Second Readers
2022-02-15HouseHouse First Readers
2022-02-14HouseHouse Hopper

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