SB 503 - Ga. Public Defender Standards Council; legal services to indigent persons; change provisions

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Current Status

05/03/06 - Senate Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 21A of Title 15, Title 17, and Code Section 42-8-34.1 of the O.C.G.A., relating respectively to judicial accounting, criminal procedure, and to legal defense for indigents, requirements for revocation of probated or suspended sentence, so as to change certain provisions relating to the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and the provision of legal services to indigent persons; to clarify that the application fee for indigent defense services is not a prerequisite to obtaining legal services; to specify the types of standards that shall be submitted to the General Oversight Committee for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; to change certain provisions relating to the budget for the Office of the Georgia Capital Defender; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes
Date Time Vote No Yeas Nays NV Exc Description
03/09/06 11:49 AM Senate Vote #781 053 000 000 003 PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
03/28/06 04:09 PM House Vote #1073 151 002 023 004 PASS
03/30/06 11:45 AM House Vote #1088 148 000 028 004 Insist
03/30/06 10:26 PM House Vote #1156 158 002 017 003 ADOPT CCR
03/30/06 11:18 PM Senate Vote #1209 052 000 002 002 ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

Status History

Bill History
Date Action
02/02/2006 Senate Read and Referred
03/02/2006 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/06/2006 Senate Read Second Time
03/09/2006 Senate Third Read
03/09/2006 Senate Passed/Adopted
03/13/2006 House First Readers
03/14/2006 House Second Readers
03/22/2006 House Committee Favorably Reported
03/28/2006 House Third Readers
03/28/2006 House Passed/Adopted
03/28/2006 Senate Disagrees House Amend/Sub
03/30/2006 House Insists
03/30/2006 Senate Conference Committee Appointed
03/30/2006 House Conference Committee Appointed
03/30/2006 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
03/30/2006 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
04/12/2006 Senate Sent to Governor
05/03/2006 Senate Date Signed by Governor
05/03/2006 Act 749
05/03/2006 Effective Date

Footnotes

3/30/06 Senate Conferees: 53, 20, 21