Judiciary Non-Civil

GA - Representative Tyler Paul Smith (R)

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Chairman

GA - Representative Deborah Silcox (R)

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Vice Chairman

GA - Representative Soo Hong (R)

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Secretary

GA - Representative James Burchett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Mandi Ballinger (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Charlice Byrd (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Sharon Cooper (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Clint Crowe (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Chuck Efstration (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Joseph Gullett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Stan Gunter (R)

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Ex-officio

GA - Representative El-Mahdi Holly (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Dar'shun Kendrick (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Rob Leverett (R)

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Member

GA - Representative Yasmin Neal (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Esther Panitch (D)

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Member

GA - Representative Shea Roberts (D)

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Member

GA - HB10 Georgia Booking Photo Privacy Protection Act; enact

GA - HB35 Courts; private attorney appointed to act as district attorney pro tempore; revise compensation

GA - HB41 Georgia Local Governance and Fair Enforcement Act; enact

GA - HB45 Courts; special grand jury impaneling procedures; revise provisions

GA - HB57 Crimes and offenses; incest; include step-grandparent and step-grandchild relationship

GA - SB9 "Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act"; enact

GA - HB123 Criminal procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has an intellectual disability; provide

GA - HB125 Crimes and offenses; online menacing of a peace officer; provide for offense

GA - SB27 Stalking; offense of doxxing; penalties; protective order; provide

GA - HB161 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; authority to issue subpoenas of electronic communication records for purposes of investigating certain cyber enabled treats to life and property; provide

GA - HB162 Georgia Bureau of Investigation; restriction and seal of First Offender Act sentences until such status is revoked; provide

GA - SB42 Penalties for violating Code Sections 16-6-9 through 16-6-12; certain penalty provisions for the offense of prostitution, keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, and pandering; repeal

GA - HB171 Crimes and offenses; obscenity; repeal and replace Code Section 16-12-80

GA - HB176 Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision

GA - SB61 Delinquency; additional offenses over which superior courts are authorized to exercise exclusive original jurisdiction; provide

GA - HB194 Crimes and offenses; justification for use of force in defense of self or others; revise standards

GA - HB195 Watercraft; require probable cause for summonses and boarding vessels

GA - HB214 Evidence; creative and artistic expression evidence is inadmissible at trial; provide

GA - HB222 Criminal procedure; inclusion of certain contact information on bonds and recognizances; require

GA - SB74 Harmful Materials to Minors; exemption for libraries and librarians from the provisions of Code Section 16-12-103; repeal

GA - SB79 "Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act"; enact

GA - HB237 Evidence; admissibility of creative or artistic expression evidence at trial; provide

GA - HB242 Crimes and offenses; disorderly or disruptive conduct at any funeral or memorial service; include religious worship and observance

GA - HB285 Law enforcement agencies; judicial procedure for purging a person's involuntary hospitalization information; provide

GA - HB301 The Time Served Act of 2025; enact

GA - SB102 Dogfighting; revise provisions

GA - HB319 Crimes and offenses; illegal aliens; penalties for state and local officials and employees for noncompliance; provide

GA - HB344 Motor vehicles; school bus cameras; revise penalty amount for violations captured by recorded images

GA - HB354 Evidence; exclude certain communications made between attorney and client when client is in a penal institution

GA - HB363 Crimes and offenses; criminal trespass; include religious worship and observance or acknowledging the death of an individual

GA - SB132 Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require

GA - HB384 Crimes and offenses; uniform oaths to be sworn by all peace officers; provide

GA - HB390 HALO Act; enact

GA - HB421 Interstate Sexual Predator Prevention Act; enact

GA - HB430 Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; venue for certain petitions regarding state sexual offender registry; provide

GA - SB163 Brady Law Regulations; standards for bringing an action against the government for an unauthorized act relating to regulation of weapons; revise

GA - HB441 Georgia Prenatal Equal Protection Act; enact

GA - HB447 Crimes and offenses; crimes of gift card theft, gift card forgery, and gift card fraud; provide

GA - HB458 Controlled substances; possession of four grams or more of fentanyl; provisions

GA - HB460 Evidence; exclude certain communications made between attorney and client when client is in a penal institution

GA - HB464 Crimes and offenses; immunity for a prospective offender while seeking assistance from law enforcement as a victim of certain offenses; provide

GA - HB483 Crimes and offenses; protections for inspectors of code enforcement; provide

GA - HB496 Criminal procedure; scent of marijuana, cannabis, or hemp; provide imitations on stops, searches, seizures, or arrests

GA - HB525 Criminal procedure; discovery in misdemeanor cases; change provisions

GA - HB533 Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act; enact

GA - HB535 Penal institutions; credit for time served regarding probation revocation sentencing; provide

GA - SB204 Criminal Procedure; offenses that are not serious violent felonies, sexual felonies, or other certain offenses to be charged by accusation of the district attorney; allow

GA - SB207 Professions and Businesses; a preclearance process in the licensing of individuals with criminal records who make application to or are investigated by certain licensing boards and commissions; create

GA - SB218 Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission; shall be assigned for administrative purposes only to the Administrative Office of the Courts; provide

GA - HB582 Georgia Survivor Justice Act; enact

GA - SB244 Criminal Proceedings; the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; provide

GA - HB626 Criminal procedure; extend retention period of evidence of sexual assault when victim elects not to immediately report assault

GA - HB627 Courts; juvenile proceedings; use of a deadly weapon; revise a provision

GA - HB636 Crimes and offenses; sexual offenses; revise penalties

GA - HB650 Presidential Felon Freedom Act; enact

GA - SB268 Offenses Against Public Order; crime of interference with a first responder; provide

GA - HB675 Crimes and offenses; criminal offenses related to material support of terrorism; provide

GA - HB682 Criminal procedure; death penalty shall not be imposed if only evidence is testimony of a single eyewitness; provide

GA - HB804 Crimes and offenses; codify proclamation that would grant a pardon regarding offense of simple possession of marijuana

GA - HB821 Criminal procedure; include aggravated assault as a bailable offense only before a superior court judge

GA - HB894 Georgia Second Look Act; enact

GA - SB398 Wiretapping, Eavesdropping, Surveillance, and Related Offenses; criminal offenses of virtual peeping; establish

GA - HB968 Controlled substances; mitragynine and hyroxymitragynine (7-OH) are Schedule I; provide

GA - HB984 Crimes and offenses; court order to locate an alleged victim of child or elder abuse; provide

GA - HB994 Crimes and offenses; riot; provide for a felony penalty

GA - HB997 Penal institutions; limit time that Department of Community Supervision can hold certain inmates in a county facility

GA - HB1075 Sexual offenses; modify penalty for offenders previously convicted of the offense of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude

GA - HB1076 Crimes and offenses; create felony offense of obstruction of a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle

GA - SB443 Offenses Against Public Order; the punishment for the offense of obstructing highways, streets, sidewalks, or other public passages; increase

GA - HB1127 Crimes; offense of unlawful possession of parts of a machine gun; provide

GA - HB1131 Criminal procedure; personal service of process for notice of a warrant application hearing; provide

GA - HB1142 Courts; require certain agreements for certain offenses to be eligible for a Pretrial Intervention and Diversion Program

GA - HB1154 Criminal procedure; imposition of death penalty; include offense of trafficking of persons for labor and sexual servitude

GA - HB1175 Crimes; offense of theft by shoplifting of essential items; provide

GA - HB1189 Sexual offenses; offense of sodomy regarding consenting adults; prohibit prosecution

GA - HB1196 Crimes; offense of criminal trespass involving a wild animal; provide

GA - HB1207 Domestic relations; creation of a registry of recidivist domestic violence offenders; provide

GA - HB1226 Crimes; justification for use of force in defense of self or others; revise standards

GA - SB468 Sexual Offender Risk Review Board; reporting requirements of sexual offenders; increase

GA - HB1248 Georgia Cannabis Freedom and Integrity Act; enact

GA - HB1255 Criminal procedure; motions and discovery; modify provisions

GA - HB1270 Criminal procedure; installation and use of mobile tracking devices by law enforcement; provide

GA - HB1282 Criminal procedure; offenses involving a victim under 16 years of age; include offense of aggravated sexual battery

GA - HB1288 Law enforcement officers and agencies; require consent or a court order to withdraw blood from persons who are to be incarcerated or are to be released for DNA testing

GA - HB1289 Crimes and offenses; offense of rape; modify provisions

GA - HB1290 Crimes and offenses; protection of elder persons; sexual abuse; revise definition

GA - HB1303 Crimes and offenses; offense of possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a child; provide

GA - HB1312 Desai Safety Act; enact

GA - HB1313 Crimes and offenses; certain legal action protections for healthcare professionals administering medical treatment to pregnant women; provide

GA - HB1322 Crimes and offenses; riot; repeal misdemeanor penalty and provide for a felony penalty

GA - HB1324 Crimes and offenses; possessing a silencer; repeal prohibition

GA - HB1329 Controlled substances; Schedule I; provide certain provisions

GA - HB1390 Motor vehicles; declare vehicles used in the commission of reckless stunt driving offenses contraband and authorize forfeiture

GA - HB1395 Drivers licenses; require intervention component for DUI Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Programs be conducted in person

GA - HB1398 Georgia Child Care Alternatives, Resources, and Education Act; Trixtian's Law; enact

GA - HB1432 Georgia Public Defender Council; provide for vacancies on the legislative oversight committee

GA - HB1456 Crimes and offenses; protective orders or consent agreements for victims against persons who have committed acts of sexual assault; provide

GA - HB1458 Crimes and offenses; permit clergy members to be charged with certain improper sexual contact offenses

GA - HB1469 Crimes; restriction and seal of certain records upon sentencing of a first conditional discharge for possession of controlled substances and certain nonviolent property crimes; provide