2025-2026 Regular Session

HB497

Penal institutions; inmate be allowed to dress in plain clothes during trial proceedings; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 42 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conditions of detention generally, so as to provide that an inmate be allowed to dress in plain clothes during trial proceedings; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Last status date: February 20, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Public Safety and Homeland Security
Author: Jasmine Clark
Co-sponsors: Tanya Miller Jordan Ridley Derrick Jackson Dar'shun Kendrick

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Committee referrals

February 19, 2025 · House

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 20, 2025
House House Second Readers
February 19, 2025
House House First Readers
February 18, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1974174
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB497.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00