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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 5, Part 7 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7, Chapter 6 of Title 9, Chapter 2 of Title 21, Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 23, Chapter 2 of Title 44, and Code Section 48-5-17, relating to certiorari and appeals to appellate courts generally, receivership powers and procedures generally, extraordinary writs, elections and primaries generally, decrees, recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, and proceedings to determine county entitled to return and payment; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Supreme Court; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 927"
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citation: "Georgia HB 927 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Jon Burns", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-04"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7399cbd9-7628-48fd-a04c-bf35ed1035c2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "14d37e83baf9dd0a0831f7988dd07d70894b873aa58233466796b74d0b0c9657"
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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 927 (2015_16) — "Appellate Jurisdiction Reform Act of 2016"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 5, Part 7 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7, Chapter 6 of Title 9, Chapter 2 of Title 21, Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 23, Chapter 2 of Title 44, and Code Section 48-5-17, relating to certiorari and appeals to appellate courts generally, receivership powers and procedures generally, extraordinary writs, elections and primaries generally, decrees, recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, and proceedings to determine county entitled to return and payment; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Supreme Court; 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 927/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162068.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6890ER-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156687.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6939ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157856.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6939ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157432.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor AM 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161471.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161556.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **120–45** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — 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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- **2016-02-04** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 626 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** 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/7399cbd9-7628-48fd-a04c-bf35ed1035c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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