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GA SB605

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/6/2026

Primary Sponsor

Bill Cowsert

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands grounds for discipline, removal, or involuntary retirement of district attorneys and solicitors-general in Georgia by adding five new categories of misconduct to existing law

  • Adds failure to make reasonable efforts to comply with the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights, public records inspection requirements, and criminal discovery procedures as disciplinary grounds

  • Makes failure to comply with Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, specifically Rule 3.8 regarding prosecutor responsibilities, a basis for discipline

  • Prohibits knowingly making decisions based on certain outlined factors (referenced in subsection (i) of the code section)

  • Extends accountability so that knowingly permitting assistant prosecutors to commit any of the enumerated violations also constitutes grounds for removal; effective upon Governor's approval and applies to proceedings initiated after that date

Legislative Description

Prosecuting Attorneys; additional grounds for discipline of a district attorney or solicitor-general or for his or her removal or involuntary retirement from office; provide

Last Action

House Second Readers

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary - Non-Civil3/9/2026
Special Committee on Investigations2/26/2026

Full Bill Text

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