2025-2026 Regular Session

HB682

Criminal procedure; death penalty shall not be imposed if only evidence is testimony of a single eyewitness; provide

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the death penalty generally, so as to provide that the death penalty shall not be imposed if the only evidence of the defendant's guilt is the testimony of a single eyewitness; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: House Judiciary - Non-Civil
Last status date: March 4, 2025
Last status update: House Second Readers
Pending committee: Judiciary - Non-Civil
Author: Billy Mitchell

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March 3, 2025 · House

Judiciary - Non-Civil

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.

March 4, 2025
House House Second Readers
March 3, 2025
House House First Readers
February 28, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1989257
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB682.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00