Georgia Senate Bill 234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-04 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment, so as to repeal certain provisions regarding sentencing of defendants guilty of crimes involving bias or prejudice, circumstances, and parole; to provide for sentencing of certain defendants guilty of crimes which target a victim due to the victim's race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or national origin, circumstances, and parole; to provide for certain exceptions; to provide for applicability; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Sentence/Punishment; defendants guilty of crimes involving bias, prejudice, circumstances, and parole; repeal certain provisions

Sen. Gloria Butler [D]	Sen. Vincent Fort [D]	Sen. Nan Orrock [D]	Sen. Kasim Reed [D]
Sen. Horacena Tate [D]	Sen. Curt Thompson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-04		Senate Read and Referred

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/27772
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/versions/sb234_As_introduced_LC_29_3756_2.htm