GA SB 153
enactedOfficial Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
Georgia · 2025_26 · upper
Quick answers
Did GA SB 153 pass?
Yes. GA SB 153 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-01. Latest recorded action (2025-07-01): Effective Date
What is GA SB 153 about?
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors GA SB 153?
Bo Hatchett, John F. Kennedy, Harold Jones II and 4 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 153.
Description
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code, as amended, in furtherance of the work of the Code Revision Commission; to repeal portions of said Code, or Acts in amendment thereof, which have become obsolete, have been declared to be unconstitutional, or have been preempted or superseded by subsequent laws; to codify principles of law derived from decisions of the state Supreme Court; to provide for other matters relating to revision, reenactment, and publication of said Code; to provide for effect in event of conflicts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-12
- Latest action
- 2025-07-01 — Effective Date
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bo Hatchettprimary
- John F. Kennedyprimary
- Harold Jones IIprimary
- Bill Cowsertprimary
- Elena Parentprimary
- Brian Stricklandprimary
- Blake Tilleryprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-12
Senate Hopper
introduction
2025-02-13
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
2025-02-26
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-27
Senate Read Second Time
reading-2
2025-02-28
Senate Third Read
reading-3
2025-02-28
Senate Passed/Adopted
passage
2025-03-03
House First Readers
reading-1
2025-03-04
House Second Readers
reading-2
2025-03-18
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20
House Third Readers
reading-3
2025-03-20
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage
2025-03-27
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2025-04-07
Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-14
Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-14
Act 371
executive-signature
2025-07-01
Effective Date
Versions
Documents
Votes
Senate Vote #110 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-02-28 · pass · 51-1
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEACH: yes
- BEARDEN: other
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- ESTEVES: other
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: yes
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: yes
- HARBIN: yes
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: other
- HODGES: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: other
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: yes
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: yes
- MCLAURIN: yes
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: yes
- ORROCK: yes
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: yes
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: no
- WALKER, III: yes
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: yes
House Vote #288 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-20 · pass · 169-0
Member-level votes (165)
- ADESANYA: yes
- ADEYINA: yes
- ALEXANDER: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- AU: yes
- BAKER: yes
- BALLARD: yes
- BALLINGER: yes
- BARNES: yes
- BARRETT: yes
- BARTON: yes
- BAZEMORE: yes
- BECKLES: yes
- BELL: yes
- BENNETT: yes
- BERRY: yes
- BLACKMON: yes
- BONNER: yes
- BUCKNER: yes
- BURCHETT: yes
- BURNOUGH: yes
- BURNS: other
- BYRD: other
- CAMERON: yes
- CAMP: yes
- CAMPBELL: yes
- CANNON: other
- CARPENTER: yes
- CARSON: yes
- CARTER: yes
- CHASTAIN: other
- CHEOKAS: yes
- CLARK: yes
- CLIFTON: yes
- COOPER: yes
- CORBETT: yes
- COX: yes
- CRAWFORD: yes
- CROWE: yes
- CUMMINGS: yes
- DAVIS: yes
- DAWSON: yes
- DELOACH: other
- DEMPSEY: yes
- DICKEY: yes
- DONATUCCI: yes
- DOUGLAS: yes
- DRAPER: yes
- DRENNER: yes
- DUBNIK: yes
- DUNAHOO: yes
- EFSTRATION: yes
- EHRHART: yes
- ERWIN: yes
- EVANS: yes
- FLEMING: yes
- FLOURNOY: yes
- FORD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- FRYE: yes
- GAINES: yes
- GAMBILL: yes
- GILLIARD: yes
- GLAIZE: yes
- GREENE: yes
- GRIFFIN: yes
- GULLETT: yes
- GUNTER: yes
- HAGAN: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HAWKINS: yes
- HEFFNER: yes
- HENDERSON: other
- HERRING: yes
- HILTON: yes
- HITCHENS: yes
- HOLCOMB: yes
- HOLLAND: yes
- HOLLY: yes
- HONG: yes
- HORNER: yes
- HOWARD: yes
- HUDDLESTON: yes
- HUGLEY: yes
- HUTCHINSON: other
- JACKSON: yes
- JASPERSE: yes
- JENKINS: yes
- JONES: yes
- KAHAIAN: yes
- KELLEY: yes
- KENDRICK: yes
- LAHOOD: yes
- LEVERETT: yes
- LEWIS-WARD: yes
- LIM: other
- LUMSDEN: yes
- LUPTON: yes
- MARTIN: yes
- MARTINEZ: yes
- MATHIAK: yes
- MATHIS: yes
- MCCLAIN: yes
- MCCOLLUM: yes
- MCDONALD III: yes
- MCQUEEN: yes
- MEEKS: yes
- MILLER: yes
- MITCHELL: yes
- MOMTAHAN: yes
- MOORE: yes
- MYLES: yes
- NEAL: yes
- NEW: yes
- NEWTON: other
- OKOYE: yes
- OLALEYE: yes
- OLIVER: yes
- O'STEEN: yes
- PANITCH: yes
- PARIS: yes
- PARK: yes
- PARRISH: yes
- PARSONS: yes
- PERSINGER: yes
- PETREA: yes
- POWELL: yes
- PRINCE: yes
- REESE: yes
- REEVES: yes
- RHODES: yes
- RICE: yes
- RICHARDSON: yes
- RIDLEY: yes
- ROBERTS: yes
- ROMMAN: yes
- SAINZ: yes
- SAMPSON: yes
- SANCHEZ: yes
- SANTOS: yes
- SCHOFIELD: other
- SCOGGINS: yes
- SCOTT: other
- SEABAUGH: yes
- SHARPER: yes
- SILCOX: yes
- SMITH: yes
- STEPHENS: yes
- STINSON: yes
- TARVIN: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- THOMAS: yes
- TOWNSEND: yes
- TRAN: yes
- WADE: yes
- WASHBURN: yes
- WERKHEISER: yes
- WESTBROOK: yes
- WIEDOWER: yes
- WILKERSON: yes
- WILLIAMS: yes
- WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
- WILLIAMSON: yes
- WILLIS: yes
- YEARTA: yes
Senate Vote #310 - 2025-2026 Regular Session
2025-03-27 · pass · 50-1
Member-level votes (54)
- ALBERS: yes
- ANAVITARTE: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- BEACH: other
- BEARDEN: yes
- BRASS: yes
- BURNS: yes
- COWSERT: yes
- DAVENPORT: yes
- DIXON: yes
- DOLEZAL: yes
- ECHOLS: yes
- ESTEVES: yes
- GINN: yes
- GOOCH: other
- GOODMAN: yes
- HALPERN: yes
- HARBIN: other
- HARBISON: yes
- HARRELL: yes
- HATCHETT: yes
- HICKMAN: yes
- HODGES: yes
- HUFSTETLER: yes
- JACKSON: yes
- JAMES: yes
- JONES: yes
- JONES II: yes
- KEMP: yes
- KENNEDY: yes
- KIRKPATRICK: yes
- LUCAS: yes
- MALLOW: yes
- MANGHAM: yes
- MCLAURIN: yes
- MERRITT: yes
- MOORE: yes
- ORROCK: other
- PARENT: yes
- PARKES: yes
- PAYNE: yes
- RAHMAN: yes
- RHETT: yes
- ROBERTSON: yes
- SETZLER: yes
- SIMS: yes
- STILL: yes
- STRICKLAND: other
- SUMMERS: yes
- TILLERY: no
- WALKER, III: yes
- WATSON: yes
- WICKS: yes
- WILLIAMS: yes
Related bills
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