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Bill	Criminal cases; provide state with more direct appeal rights; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal or certiorari by the state in criminal cases, so as to provide the state with more direct appeal rights; to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, Title 17, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, and Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties for controlled substances, criminal procedure, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, and penal institutions, respectively, so as to enact provisions recommended by the Governor's Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the O.C.G.A., relating to admissions and confessions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 349	Georgia HB 349 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	B.J. Pak Chad Nimmer Christian Coomer Mary Oliver Matt Hatchett Rich Golick	8	16	1	2013-02-13	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e2478fb7-928a-49a6-bd3d-295b8f49b267	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7163db985a35a9a63f8f26d3ede6cdae2d1eb6a6217ee53527da45655e746bdc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 349 (2013_14) — Criminal cases; provide state with more direct appeal rights; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal or certiorari by the state in criminal cases, so as to provide the state with more direct appeal rights; to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, Title 17, Article 3A of Chapter 5 of Title 40, and Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to schedules, offenses, and penalties for controlled substances, criminal procedure, suspension of driver's license for certain drug offenses, and penal institutions, respectively, so as to enact provisions recommended by the Governor's Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform in Georgia; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 24 of the O.C.G.A., relating to admissions and confessions; 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 349/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 349/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5484-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5525S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 349 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 5646S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2166 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen floor amend 2 AM 29 2172 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Christian Coomer — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-13 House Hopper
• 2013-02-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-01 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-25 Act 84 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2478fb7-928a-49a6-bd3d-295b8f49b267. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).