---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure; increase time allotted to try a criminal case in judicial emergencies; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds and recognizances, so as to provide for an increase in the time allotted to try a criminal case in judicial emergencies; to clarify bond forfeiture conditions; 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 1183"
citation: "Georgia HB 1183 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter", "Trey Kelley", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dfbdf98-b0c3-4577-9bfa-9daec9feadc0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d15b41a130d993c7358ee289f8ee86fe38d0e8aec9bfbfb155fff063c3c80b4e"
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 1183 (2021_22) — Criminal procedure; increase time allotted to try a criminal case in judicial emergencies; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to bonds and recognizances, so as to provide for an increase in the time allotted to try a criminal case in judicial emergencies; to clarify bond forfeiture conditions; 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 1183/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212216.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0513/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204926.pdf)
3. **LC 48 0537S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208374.pdf)
4. **LC 48 0537S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206873.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 0522S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210970.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** House Hopper
- **2022-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 766 `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/2dfbdf98-b0c3-4577-9bfa-9daec9feadc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).