republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-179.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating appellate practice, so as to provide for the digital recording of certain trial proceedings; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for persons under sentence of state court of record, so as to provide for digital recording of certain felony trial proceedings; to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for the digital recording of certain Georgia State-wide Business Court proceedings; to provide for the utilization and regulation of digital recording systems; to provide for definitions; 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	2025_26	HB 179	Georgia HB 179 (2025_26)	bill	APPEAL AND ERROR CIVIL PRACTICE COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	enacted	Rob Leverett Soo Hong Stacey Evans Stan Gunter Tyler Paul Smith	5	16	3	2025-01-29	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d975fe7b-e5f7-4d3e-ae8d-b5f996c8cf2b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	72741b00101a21738ea8e79b1f0750bcd347a1d2e622e0a83524137b32af01c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 179 (2025_26) — Appellate practice; digital recording of certain trial proceedings; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating appellate practice, so as to provide for the digital recording of certain trial proceedings; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to procedure for persons under sentence of state court of record, so as to provide for digital recording of certain felony trial proceedings; to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for the digital recording of certain Georgia State-wide Business Court proceedings; to provide for the utilization and regulation of digital recording systems; to provide for definitions; 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. HB 179/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1407/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1561S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1561S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 48 1604S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #172 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #412 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #390 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Act 23 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d975fe7b-e5f7-4d3e-ae8d-b5f996c8cf2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).