Georgia Senate Bill 435 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Passed on June 29 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-06-29 - Effective Date
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 and Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 35 of the O.C.G.A., relating to procedure for sentencing and imposition of punishment and the Georgia Crime Information Center, respectively, so as to provide that the court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for convictions and sentences of defendants who obtained such convictions and sentences as a direct result of being victims of trafficking for labor or sexual servitude; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

"The Debbie Vance Act"; court imposing sentence may grant the relief of vacatur for convictions and sentences of defendants; provide

Sen. Brian Strickland [R]	Sen. Blake Tillery [R]	Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick [R]	Sen. John Albers [R]
Sen. Elena Parent [D]	Sen. Zahra Karinshak [D]	Rep. Bonnie Rich [R]

2020-06-23 - House - House Vote #696 (Y: 161 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 15) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate Vote #515 (Y: 55 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-29		Effective Date
2020-06-29		Act 392
2020-06-29	Senate	Senate Date Signed by Governor
2020-06-25	Senate	Senate Sent to Governor
2020-06-23	House	House Passed/Adopted
2020-06-23	House	House Third Readers
2020-06-22	House	House Postponed
2020-06-18	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2020-03-04	House	House Second Readers
2020-03-03	House	House First Readers
2020-03-02	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2020-03-02	Senate	Senate Third Read
2020-02-28	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2020-02-27	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2020-02-25	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2020-02-24	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57682
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/190768
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/191255
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/191746
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20192020/194578
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57682#17481
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/57682#17847