Georgia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SB 244: Provide for the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify…

Passage · March 6, 2025 · Yeas 55, nays 0

What the bill does

The bill provides for a criminal defendant to be awarded reasonable attorney's fees and costs after successfully moving to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case. It also sets procedures for assessing and paying those fees and costs.

A plain-language summary drafted with AI from the official text below, then checked against that text by a separate AI review. It describes the bill, not this particular motion. How these numbers work

The bill’s caption, as the Journal prints it with this vote
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding the assessment and payment of costs of criminal proceedings, so as to provide for the award of reasonable attorney's fees and costs in a criminal case to the defendant upon such defendant making a successful motion to disqualify the prosecuting attorney for misconduct in connection with the case; to provide for procedures for assessing and paying such fees and costs; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 23 · Nay 0
Republicans
Yea 32 · Nay 0 · Not voting 1

Majority Leader Steve Gooch voted yea.

Bill
SB 244
Motion
Passage
Date
March 6, 2025
Session
2025 Regular Session
Yeas–nays
Yeas 55, nays 0; 1 didn't vote (1 excused, 0 abstained)

Official record: the Journal (PDF) ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (55)

Excused (1)