GA SB359

Requires the Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia to submit a biennial report by December 1 of each even-numbered year to legislative leaders on the state of accountability courts, resource allocation, and recommendations for improvement

Imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 to 10 years for convicted felons or first offender probationers found in possession of a firearm when the underlying offense was a forcible felony, domestic violence felony, or involved family violence, with no portion of the sentence eligible to be suspended, stayed, probated, deferred, or withheld

Expands gang-related prosecution tools by broadening venue options for criminal street gang offenses to any county where gang activity occurred, allowing guilty or nolo contendere pleas to criminal gang activity charges to estop defendants in related civil proceedings, and adding legislative findings that gangs operate across multiple counties

Creates presumptive admissibility of prior misconduct evidence in criminal and civil cases involving family violence, child abuse, cruelty to children, and offenses against elder persons (65+) or disabled adults, with at least 10 days pretrial disclosure required by prosecutors

Grants the Georgia Bureau of Investigation concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute violations of state election laws and domestic, cyber, biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism, and authorizes courts to conduct certain proceedings by telephone or video conference except for criminal guilt-determination trials