republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-174.md

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Bill	Bonds and Recognizances; appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, so as to authorize appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 174	Georgia SB 174 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Jeff Mullis Larry Walker, III Matt Brass Steve Gooch	4	16	1	2021-02-11	2021-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/4e0c6c96-7fcf-43f2-ba02-71d03a40339d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a57ce92531bc2c375ec87bd934c2f6f5b8b87af4cebddc0169e08f3e16865e07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 174 (2021_22) — Bonds and Recognizances; appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding bonds and recognizances, so as to authorize appointed judges who are fulfilling a vacancy of an elected judge to issue an unsecured judicial release under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 41 2894 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 3177S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 174/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — 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
• 2021-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 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 216 executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e0c6c96-7fcf-43f2-ba02-71d03a40339d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).