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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appeal and error; payment of costs and indigency affidavits; clarify provisions"
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description: "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."
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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 842"
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citation: "Georgia HB 842 (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: ["Jay Powell", "Roger Bruce", "Stacey Abrams", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2014-01-24"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/755cd981-b3a6-45c0-8f76-151d16a2ef6c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7d1d7d9f604a1535cb268e51900126525cd423fb071e2cab0ca23a31838d4b71"
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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 842 (2013_14) — Appeal and error; payment of costs and indigency affidavits; clarify provisions
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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.
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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 842/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144832.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 5708/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138125.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6037S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143109.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — 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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- **2014-01-24** House Hopper
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- **2014-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2014-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-12** 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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- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-15** Act 520 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** 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/755cd981-b3a6-45c0-8f76-151d16a2ef6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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