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