Text of GA HB 931 (2018)

18 LC 29 7883 H. B. 931 - 1 - House Bill 931 By: Representatives Cannon of the 58th, Dreyer of the 59th, Shannon of the 84th, Drenner of the 85th, and Beasley-Teague of the 65th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 16-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to 1 voluntary manslaughter, so as to exclude the discovery or disclosure of an individual's sexual 2 orientation or gender identity as being serious provocation in the context of voluntary 3 manslaughter; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other 4 purposes. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 6 SECTION 1. 7 Code Section 16-5-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to voluntary 8 manslaughter, is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows: 9 "(a) A person commits the offense of voluntary manslaughter when he such person causes 10 the death of another human being under circumstances which would otherwise be murder 11 and if he such person acts solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion 12 resulting from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passion in a reasonable person; 13 however, if there should have been an interval between the provocation and the killing 14 sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard, of which the jury in all cases 15 shall be the judge, the killing shall be attributed to deliberate revenge and be punished as 16 murder. As used in this subsection, the term 'serious provocation' shall not include the 17 discovery or disclosure of an alleged victim's sexual orientation or gender identity." 18 SECTION 2. 19 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. 20