GA SB191 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 16 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-22 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on March 16 2011 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-03-22 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 15, 16, 21, 40, 45, and 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, crimes and offenses, elections, motor vehicles and traffic, public officers and employees, and state government, respectively, so as to provide for a modernized and uniform system of compiling, creating, maintaining, and updating jury lists in this state; to modernize terminology in Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to juries; to remove nonmechanical procedures relative to selecting persons for jury service; to change eligibility requirements for grand jurors; to amend the O.C.G.A. so as to conform provisions to the new Chapter 12 of Title 15 and correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Title
Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011; provide for a modernized and uniform system of compiling, creating, maintaining, jury lists
Sponsors
| Sen. Charlie Bethel [R] | Sen. Bill Cowsert [R] | Sen. John Crosby [R] | Sen. Bill Hamrick [R] |
| Sen. Ronald Ramsey [D] |
Roll Calls
2011-03-16 - Senate - Senate Vote #176 - Passage By Substitute (Y: 53 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-22 | House Second Readers | |
| 2011-03-21 | House First Readers | |
| 2011-03-16 | Senate Passed/Adopted | |
| 2011-03-16 | Senate Third Read | |
| 2011-03-14 | Senate Read Second Time | |
| 2011-03-11 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported | |
| 2011-03-03 | Senate Read and Referred |
