General Assembly; authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; codify a process
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the General Assembly, so as to codify a process for the authorization of statutory investigatory powers to certain committees of the General Assembly; to provide for oaths and subpoena powers related to such investigatory powers; to provide for confidentiality of certain materials; to explicitly preserve any authority, immunity, privilege, or power granted to or possessed by the General Assembly or its members; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a House substitute version to the final Senate version, removing the 'House Committee on Rules offers the following substitute' language and updating page headers from 'S. B. 255 (SUB)' to 'S. B. 255'. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged.
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Removed House substitute language indicating this was a substitute bill offered by the House Committee on Rules, now reflecting the final Senate version.
Updated page headers from 'S. B. 255 (SUB)' to 'S. B. 255' to reflect the bill is no longer a substitute version.
Minor formatting adjustments to line numbers and spacing throughout the document.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Apr 2, 2025
How they voted
34–21
Passed
Total votes 55
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic22
95% Nay
R
Republican33
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Act 314
upper
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Cowsert
RRepublican
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