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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appeal and Error; limit the scope of judgments/orders; child custody cases; direct appeal"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, and hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, so as to limit the scope of judgments or orders in child custody cases which are subject to direct appeal; 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: "SB 204"
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citation: "Georgia SB 204 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Joshua McKoon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-25"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a716601a-3377-4dd4-8215-7358a4afd864"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "18b4e66629bef1fe0ab045133988307842d5f8076e32e9625625d4adad2b610e"
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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 SB 204 (2013_14) — Appeal and Error; limit the scope of judgments/orders; child custody cases; direct appeal
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, and hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, so as to limit the scope of judgments or orders in child custody cases which are subject to direct appeal; 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. **As introduced LC 21 2158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132197.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133433.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 29 5572S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132755.pdf)
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4. **SB204/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136907.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-25** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 225 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** 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/a716601a-3377-4dd4-8215-7358a4afd864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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