2025-2026 Regular Session

SB592

"One Strike Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 5 and 6 of Title 16 and Chapter 10 of Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to crimes against the person, sexual offenses, and sentence and punishment, respectively, so as to provide for increased punishments for certain offenses; to provide for certain punishment for offenders who have been convicted of the offense of rape, sexual battery, or aggravated sexual battery of a person under 12 years of age; to designate certain offenses as serious violent felonies; to remove probation eligibility for certain offenses committed while serving a sentence; to prohibit probation for certain offenses; to prohibit early termination of probation for certain offenses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Introduced in Senate
Last status date: March 6, 2026
Last status update: Senate Tabled
Author: Steve Gooch
Co-sponsors: Jason Anavitarte Carden Summers Drew Echols Bo Hatchett Randy Robertson John Albers Russ Goodman Frank Ginn Timothy Bearden Clint Dixon Shawn Still Ricky Williams Lee Anderson Bill Cowsert

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Committee referrals

February 26, 2026 · 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.

March 6, 2026
Senate Senate Tabled
March 4, 2026
Senate Senate Read Second Time
March 3, 2026
Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
February 26, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 25, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2124767
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB592.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00