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| Bill | Judicial Emergency; suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judicial emergency, so as to provide for the suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements when compliance with such statutory speedy trial requirements becomes impracticable following a judicial emergency; to provide for applicable circumstances; to provide for requirements; to provide for notice; to provide for intervention by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | SB 163 | Georgia SB 163 (2021_22) |
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Georgia SB 163 (2021_22) — Judicial Emergency; suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judicial emergency, so as to provide for the suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements when compliance with such statutory speedy trial requirements becomes impracticable following a judicial emergency; to provide for applicable circumstances; to provide for requirements; to provide for notice; to provide for intervention by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; 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.
- As introduced LC 41 2916 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 41 3012S (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 3103S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 163/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — 32–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-11 Senate Hopper
- 2021-02-16 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-02-26 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-05 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-05 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-05 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-08 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-03-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-18 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-04 Act 213
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9e9373e-2b04-4d5f-8e76-ddc981171785. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).