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Bill Georgia Business Court; establish A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to establish the Georgia Business Court pursuant to the Constitution of this state; to provide for law assistants and other employees; to amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding salaries and fees, so as to designate a salary for the judge of the Georgia Business Court; to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, so as to make conforming changes regarding appeals; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 9, Title 23, and Code Section 33-39-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to declaratory judgments, equity, and equitable relief relative to insurance, respectively, so as to make conforming changes regarding equity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2019_20 HB 239 Georgia HB 239 (2019_20)
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Georgia HB 239 (2019_20) — Georgia Business Court; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to establish the Georgia Business Court pursuant to the Constitution of this state; to provide for law assistants and other employees; to amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding salaries and fees, so as to designate a salary for the judge of the Georgia Business Court; to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, so as to make conforming changes regarding appeals; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 9, Title 23, and Code Section 33-39-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to declaratory judgments, equity, and equitable relief relative to insurance, respectively, so as to make conforming changes regarding equity; 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. Floor Amendment AM 41 0469 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB 239/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 41 1781/a (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 41 1888S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  5. LC 41 1888S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen ctee sub LC 41 2006S (committee substitute) — source
  7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0440 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1568 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barry Fleming — primary (person)
  • Chuck Efstration — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-11 House Hopper
  • 2019-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2019-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2019-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2019-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2019-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2019-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2019-03-29 Senate Tabled
  • 2019-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2019-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
  • 2019-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2019-04-12 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-05-07 Act 271 executive-signature
  • 2019-05-07 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91a7a63a-f923-4a9f-a5f7-affbf0ae66f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).