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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bonds and Recognizances; appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; authorize"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, so as to authorize appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 174"
+citation: "Georgia SB 174 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Jeff Mullis", "Larry Walker, III", "Matt Brass", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-11"
+last_action: "2021-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e0c6c96-7fcf-43f2-ba02-71d03a40339d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "a57ce92531bc2c375ec87bd934c2f6f5b8b87af4cebddc0169e08f3e16865e07"
+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 SB 174 (2021_22) — Bonds and Recognizances; appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; authorize
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, so as to authorize appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 41 2894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197607.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198981.pdf)
+3. **LC 41 3177S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201645.pdf)
+4. **SB 174/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202543.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
+- Matt Brass — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-11** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 216 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e0c6c96-7fcf-43f2-ba02-71d03a40339d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+