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type: "Bill"
title: "Habeas corpus; maximum amount counties may be reimbursed for certain costs; increase"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to habeas corpus procedure for persons under sentence of state court of record, so as to increase the maximum amount which counties may be reimbursed for certain habeas corpus costs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 319"
citation: "Georgia HB 319 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bill Werkheiser", "Jimmy Pruett", "Rick Williams"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3ed48ce-e0a7-45b7-bd80-8ba6213e9b14"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d2050ea19cf16ecf5cd0f77584acbb697a870c4b893b0b246dc9c6513a93a7aa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 319 (2017_18) — Habeas corpus; maximum amount counties may be reimbursed for certain costs; increase
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to habeas corpus procedure for persons under sentence of state court of record, so as to increase the maximum amount which counties may be reimbursed for certain habeas corpus costs; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** House Hopper
- **2017-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 216 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3ed48ce-e0a7-45b7-bd80-8ba6213e9b14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).