Georgia Senate Bill 316 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 23 2012 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-27 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations of actions, so as to increase the tolling period for limitations for tort actions while a criminal prosecution is pending; to amend Chapter 3 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limitations on prosecutions, so as to extend the statute of limitations for the prosecutions of the offenses of cruelty to children in the first degree, rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, statutory rape, child molestation, aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and incest; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Civil Practice; increase the tolling period for limitations for tort actions while a criminal prosecution is pending

Sen. Charlie Bethel [R]	Sen. Jason Carter [D]	Sen. Bill Hamrick [R]	Sen. Jeff Mullis [R]
Sen. David Shafer [R]	Sen. Renee Unterman [R]

2012-02-23 - Senate - Senate Vote #506 - Passage By Substitute (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-27		House Second Readers
2012-02-24		House First Readers
2012-02-23		Senate Passed/Adopted
2012-02-23		Senate Third Read
2012-02-15		Senate Read Second Time
2012-02-09		Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2012-01-24		Senate Read and Referred

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/35189
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb316_As_introduced_LC_29_4970_2.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb316_Committee_sub_LC_29_5111S_4.htm
Text	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/versions/sb316_As_passed_Senate_5.htm
Roll Call	http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/votes/sv0506.htm