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| Bill | Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to counsel for public officials and agencies, so as to provide for a process for state-funded representation of certain judges in legal actions resulting from performance or nonperformance of their official duties; to provide for a definition; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; to provide for appointments and duties; to provide for requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 409 | Georgia HB 409 (2021_22) |
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7 | 24 | 1 | 2021-02-10 | 2022-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/2a9b1662-6ac0-485d-bc83-168df607d8a5 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | b18250ec6f4b7ca84458f50f1d7823c1755e87f34e45b6670cd14cc3822ffb1f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 409 (2021_22) — Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to counsel for public officials and agencies, so as to provide for a process for state-funded representation of certain judges in legal actions resulting from performance or nonperformance of their official duties; to provide for a definition; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; to provide for appointments and duties; to provide for requirements; 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.
- Floor Amendment AM 41 0547 (committee substitute) — source
- HB 409/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 2893/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 2952S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 2952S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 2102S/CCR (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 41 3152S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 134–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-10 House Hopper
- 2021-02-11 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-02-16 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-26 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-01 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2021-03-31 Senate Insisted
- 2021-03-31 House Insisted
- 2021-03-31 House Conference Committee Appointed 8th, 121st, 104th
- 2021-03-31 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 50th, 17th, 18th
- 2022-04-01 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- 2022-04-01 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-02 Act 810
executive-signature - 2022-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a9b1662-6ac0-485d-bc83-168df607d8a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).