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GA HB650

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Eric Bell

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals the prohibition on individuals with felony convictions serving on trial juries and grand juries in Georgia, leaving only those judicially determined mentally incompetent as ineligible

  • Removes felony convictions and crimes of moral turpitude as automatic grounds for denying or revoking professional licenses, allowing denial only when the offense directly relates to the occupation being licensed

  • Prohibits landlords from refusing to lease residential dwellings solely based on a prospective tenant's criminal history, with exceptions for sex offenders required to register on state or national registries

  • Eliminates criminal history as a basis for denying notary public applications, removing the requirement that applicants disclose criminal convictions

  • Removes provisions requiring the Department of Corrections and State Board of Pardons and Paroles to provide felon data to the jury selection council

Legislative Description

Presidential Felon Freedom Act; enact

Last Action

House Second Readers

2/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary - Non-Civil2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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