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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Criminal procedure; compensation for public defenders and assistant public defenders; revise"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public defenders, so as to revise the compensation of public defenders and assistant public defenders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1391"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1391 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Burchett", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter", "Todd Jones", "Tyler Paul Smith", "William Boddie"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-17"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8780bd8e-46e8-4e43-966b-a18bd4e1514a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a38e990f3f4cc83059ed5068e23942125af0f9cd3937002affeb59d2ba0a6817"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 1391 (2021_22) — Criminal procedure; compensation for public defenders and assistant public defenders; revise
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public defenders, so as to revise the compensation of public defenders and assistant public defenders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 1391/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212184.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 0447/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207102.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+- William Boddie — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-17** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 780 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8780bd8e-46e8-4e43-966b-a18bd4e1514a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+