GA HB34 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-12 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-12 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penal institutions, so as to provide for reforms in the probation and paroles systems and in the accessibility of information related to certain offenders; to make reports, files, records, and information of certain probationers and parolees open records; to remove certain duties from the State Board of Pardons and Paroles pertaining to determining and taking action on violations of parole and placing such duties with the superior court that imposed the sentence that the parolee is serving; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
Penal institutions; reforms in the probation and paroles systems; provisions
Sponsors
| Rep. Jesse Petrea [R] | Rep. Bill Hitchens [R] | Rep. Ron Stephens [R] | Rep. Trey Kelley [R] |
| Rep. Albert Reeves [R] | Rep. Edward Stephens [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-12 | House | House Second Readers |
| 2017-01-11 | House | House First Readers |
| 2017-01-10 | House | House Hopper |
Georgia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/49593 |
| Text | https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/162696 |
