Bill Commons

GA SB 468

died on adjournment

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

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 468 pass?

No. GA SB 468 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-25): House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

What is GA SB 468 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to sexual offender risk review board, so as to increase reporting requirements of sexual offenders; to allow for increased monitoring of homeless sexual offenders; to require sexual offenders to report international travel; to provide for placement of sexual offenders in risk assessment classifications when convicted of specific crimes; to amend Code Section 8-3-11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to creation of stable housing accountability programs, application process, minimum standards, approval criteria, and funding, so as to require stable housing accountability programs to report program applicants who are sexual offenders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 468?

Bill Cowsert, Larry Walker, III, Jason Anavitarte and 9 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 468.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to sexual offender risk review board, so as to increase reporting requirements of sexual offenders; to allow for increased monitoring of homeless sexual offenders; to require sexual offenders to report international travel; to provide for placement of sexual offenders in risk assessment classifications when convicted of specific crimes; to amend Code Section 8-3-11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to creation of stable housing accountability programs, application process, minimum standards, approval criteria, and funding, so as to require stable housing accountability programs to report program applicants who are sexual offenders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-02-05
Latest action
2026-03-25 — House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bill Cowsertprimary
  • Larry Walker, IIIprimary
  • Jason Anavitarteprimary
  • Randy Robertsonprimary
  • Bo Hatchettprimary
  • Marty Harbinprimary
  • Chuck Payneprimary
  • Chuck Hufstetlerprimary
  • Sam Watsonprimary
  • Steve Goochprimary
  • Kay Kirkpatrickprimary
  • Timothy Beardenprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-05

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-02-06

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-19

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-02-20

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  5. 2026-03-03

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  6. 2026-03-03

    Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    passage

  7. 2026-03-04

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  8. 2026-03-06

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  9. 2026-03-25

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Vote #609 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-03-03 · pass · 51-2

    Member-level votes (53)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: yes
    • DICKERSON: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: other
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: yes
    • MANGHAM: yes
    • MCLAURIN: other
    • MCNEEL: yes
    • MERRITT: yes
    • ORROCK: no
    • PARENT: no
    • PARKES: yes
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: yes
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72902

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:19:40.450420Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=GA&identifier=SB 468. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.