Georgia Senate Bill 579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-03 - Senate Read and Referred
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties under the regulation of controlled substances, so as to provide that minimum sentences imposed for the manufacture, delivery, distribution, dispensing, administering, selling, or possessing with intent to distribute certain controlled substances shall not be suspended, stayed, probated, deferred, or withheld by the sentencing court; to provide for an exception; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Controlled Substances; minimum sentences imposed for the manufacture, delivery, distribution, etc. shall not be suspended, stayed, probated, deferred, or withheld by the sentencing court; provide

Sen. Jeff Mullis [R]	Sen. Bo Hatchett [R]	Sen. Ed Harbison [D]	Sen. Clint Dixon [R]
Sen. John Albers [R]	Sen. Steve Gooch [R]	Sen. Russ Goodman [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-03	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2022-03-01	Senate	Senate Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/62479
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/207940