---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business court; state-wide jurisdiction; create - CA"
description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create a business court with state-wide jurisdiction; to provide for venue and uniformity of jurisdiction and powers; to provide for selection, terms, and qualifications of business court judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HR 993"
citation: "Georgia HR 993 (2017_18)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Christian Coomer", "Chuck Efstration", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1448d0-1e7d-4b97-b6b8-19bcebea0a62"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5f287599a2d6e4cf36ae5e7f9e08c41877ae0b5d72b26ddc40d30b70620b1e92"
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 HR 993 (2017_18) — Business court; state-wide jurisdiction; create - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create a business court with state-wide jurisdiction; to provide for venue and uniformity of jurisdiction and powers; to provide for selection, terms, and qualifications of business court judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; to provide for related matters; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- ADOPT — **142–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-31** House Hopper
- **2018-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-06** Act 410 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c1448d0-1e7d-4b97-b6b8-19bcebea0a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).