Georgia Amendment 19, Compensation for Crime Victims Measure (1978)

Georgia Amendment 19
Election date November 7, 1978
Topic Crime victims' rights
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Georgia Amendment 19 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Georgia on November 7, 1978. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the General Assembly to compensate innocent victims of crime and use additional penalty assessments in criminal cases for this purpose.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the General Assembly to compensate innocent victims of crime and use additional penalty assessments in criminal cases for this purpose.

Election results

Georgia Amendment 19
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		304,113	63.44%
No		175,271	36.56%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment 19 was as follows:

“

Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize the General Assembly to provide by law for compensating innocent victims of crime and to authorize the General Assembly to provide for additional penalty assessments in criminal cases and provide that the proceeds derived therefrom may be used for the specific purpose of compensating innocent victims of crime?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Georgia Constitution

A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session for the Georgia State Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 120 votes in the Georgia House of Representatives and 38 votes in the Georgia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1978 Measures

• 1978 Measures
• Crime victims' rights on the ballot
• 1978 legislative sessions

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