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SB 159 — Criminal Procedure; pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability; provide

Senate Read and Referred

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for pretrial proceedings in capital offense cases where the death penalty is sought when the accused has intellectual disability; to provide for a definition; to provide for notice of intent to claim intellectual disability; to provide for pretrial determination of intellectual disability; to provide for verdicts; to provide for capital case procedures; to provide for reports investigating reversible error; to provide for a standard of review; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Senate Read and Referred

Legislative term
Georgia General Assembly 2025–2026
Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber or committee
Georgia Senate
Measure type
Bill
Introduced
Feb 13, 2025

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Josh McLaurin

Cosponsor
Office service
State Senator · District 14 · From Jan 9, 2023
Role in source
Georgia sponsorType=1; sequence=2; McLaurin, Josh; sponsorship listed in session 1033; start uses sourced bill introduction date
From
Feb 13, 2025

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