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Bill Civil practice; Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action; clarify A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, so as to clarify that the Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action, not just statutes; to provide for the Attorney General to be a party as a matter of right; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 1361 Georgia HB 1361 (2021_22)
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Georgia HB 1361 (2021_22) — Civil practice; Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, so as to clarify that the Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action, not just statutes; to provide for the Attorney General to be a party as a matter of right; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1361/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 36 5144/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1630 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Rob Leverett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-14 House Hopper
  • 2022-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2022-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2022-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-02-22 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
  • 2022-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-03-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-03-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-03-04 Act 564 executive-signature
  • 2022-03-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f611018-ae77-4ab1-8a2d-0c28f569a09c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).