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Georgia bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Georgia SB 132

Insanity and Mental Incapacity; hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; require

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Georgia legislature· description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 6 of Chapter 7 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insanity and mental incapacity, so as to require a hearing before a court orders an evaluation of the mental competency of an accused person to stand trial; to provide for the release of reports of such evaluations; to establish different procedures in cases where the subject has been accused only of one or more nonviolent misdemeanor offenses, including automatic dismissal in some cases, subject to exceptions; to provide for such different procedures and such exceptions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Apr 4, 2025
Senate		Senate Vote #469 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see
Apr 2, 2025
House		House Vote #390 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see
Mar 6, 2025
Senate		Senate Vote #209 - 2025-2026 Regular SessionpassSet your home in Georgia to see

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