republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-842.md

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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	Appeal and error; payment of costs and indigency affidavits; clarify provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for certiorari and appeal to appellate courts generally, so as to clarify provisions relating to payment of costs and indigency affidavits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 842	Georgia HB 842 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jay Powell Roger Bruce Stacey Abrams Wendell Willard	3	18	1	2014-01-24	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/755cd981-b3a6-45c0-8f76-151d16a2ef6c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7d1d7d9f604a1535cb268e51900126525cd423fb071e2cab0ca23a31838d4b71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 842 (2013_14) — Appeal and error; payment of costs and indigency affidavits; clarify provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for certiorari and appeal to appellate courts generally, so as to clarify provisions relating to payment of costs and indigency affidavits; 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.

1. HB 842/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5708/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6037S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Roger Bruce — primary (person)
• Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-24 House Hopper
• 2014-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 520 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/755cd981-b3a6-45c0-8f76-151d16a2ef6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).