Georgia Senate Bill 344 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 9 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-06-24 - House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Resolution
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 24-13-60 of the O.C.G.A., relating to order requiring prisoner's delivery to serve as witness or criminal defendant generally, expenses, and prisoner under death sentence as witness, so as to provide that certain proceedings may be conducted by video conference; to amend Article 6 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Division of Forensic Sciences, so as to provide that employees of the state crime lab or associated laboratories may appear by video teleconference in certain proceedings in court; to provide for requirements for such appearances; to provide for notice and continuances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Witness or Criminal Defendant; certain proceedings conducted by video conference; requirements; provide

Sen. Jeff Mullis [R]	Sen. Butch Miller [R]	Sen. Michael Dugan [R]	Sen. Steve Gooch [R]
Sen. John Kennedy [R]	Sen. Larry Walker [R]	Rep. Chuck Efstration [R]

2020-06-24 - House - House Vote #711 (Y: 82 N: 82 NV: 3 Abs: 13) [FAIL]
2020-06-24 - House - House Vote #712 (Y: 94 N: 71 NV: 2 Abs: 13) [PASS]
2020-06-24 - House - House Vote #713 (Y: 81 N: 68 NV: 15 Abs: 16) [FAIL]
2020-03-09 - Senate - Senate Vote #553 (Y: 54 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-24	House	House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Resolution
2020-06-24	House	House Reconsidered
2020-06-24	House	House Third Reading Lost
2020-06-24	House	House Third Readers
2020-06-18	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2020-03-12	House	House Second Readers
2020-03-10	House	House First Readers
2020-03-09	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2020-03-09	Senate	Senate Third Read
2020-03-04	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2020-02-03	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2020-01-31	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57131
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/189162
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/191861
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/192605
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57131#17561
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57131#17903
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57131#17902
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57131#17901