2025-2026 Regular Session

SB176

"Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act"; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to criminal procedure, so as to establish the "Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for eligibility; to provide for definitions; to provide for the compensation of wrongfully incarcerated persons; to provide for requisition procedures and for certification of eligibility for compensation; to provide for criminal records checks; to provide for the calculation, payment, and limit of such compensation; to provide for waivers and release; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Judiciary
Last status date: February 18, 2025
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Judiciary
Author: Randy Robertson
Co-sponsors: John Albers Carden Summers Ricky Williams Clint Dixon Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Mike Hodges Lee Anderson

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Committee referrals

February 18, 2025 · Senate

Judiciary

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 18, 2025
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 13, 2025
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1970362
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB176.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00