republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-204.md

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Bill	Appeal and Error; limit the scope of judgments/orders; child custody cases; direct appeal	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, and hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, so as to limit the scope of judgments or orders in child custody cases which are subject to direct appeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 204	Georgia SB 204 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Joshua McKoon	4	15	1	2013-02-25	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a716601a-3377-4dd4-8215-7358a4afd864	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	18b4e66629bef1fe0ab045133988307842d5f8076e32e9625625d4adad2b610e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 204 (2013_14) — Appeal and Error; limit the scope of judgments/orders; child custody cases; direct appeal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, and hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, so as to limit the scope of judgments or orders in child custody cases which are subject to direct appeal; 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 21 2158 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 5572S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB204/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 225 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a716601a-3377-4dd4-8215-7358a4afd864. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).