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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; juries and grand juries; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juries, so as to clarify provisions relating to juries; to revise definitions; to change provisions relating to choosing grand jurors; to provide for concurrent grand juries; to provide for a preliminary oath to be administered to grand juries; to change provisions relating to when there are insufficient persons to complete a panel of grand jurors; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 1078"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1078 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Trey Kelley", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-02-24"
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last_action: "2014-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f96044f-99d2-4923-8224-1c7340739a6e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6133aa105db4fe1e7df79167aaa4b97e7faefee341e929e42b4c67471ba43afb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1078 (2013_14) — Courts; juries and grand juries; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to juries, so as to clarify provisions relating to juries; to revise definitions; to change provisions relating to choosing grand jurors; to provide for concurrent grand juries; to provide for a preliminary oath to be administered to grand juries; to change provisions relating to when there are insufficient persons to complete a panel of grand jurors; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1078/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144918.pdf)
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2. **HB 1078/FA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142179.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 5975ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141273.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6026ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143514.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **176–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2014-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2014-03-27** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-29** Act 668 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-29** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f96044f-99d2-4923-8224-1c7340739a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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