2025-2026 Regular Session

SB319

"Dorothy Mae Smith Wright Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to law enforcement officers and agencies, so as to provide a standard by which state, county, and local law enforcement agencies authorize the engagement of vehicular pursuits; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Public Safety
Last status date: March 4, 2025
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Public Safety
Author: Gail Davenport
Co-sponsors: Donzella James Tonya Anderson Josh McLaurin Harold Jones Freddie Sims Ed Harbison Derek Mallow Kim Jackson Sheikh Rahman RaShaun Kemp

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Committee referrals

March 4, 2025 · Senate

Public Safety

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
Senate Senate Read and Referred
March 3, 2025
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1990378
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB319.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00