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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government; recommendations of the Court Reform Council; implement"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of State Administrative Hearings, so as to implement recommendations of the Court Reform Council to improve efficiencies and achieve best practices for the administration of justice; to provide administrative law judges with authority to issue final decisions; to provide for exceptions; to require agencies to forward a request for a hearing to the Office of State Administrative Hearings; to provide administrative law judges with the power to enforce subpoenas and sanction parties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 790"
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citation: "Georgia HB 790 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Christian Coomer", "Chuck Efstration", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/139f916d-bbc4-4f78-8c8e-915c3ec75a78"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "de62c2d9fe4b39aaa3a27ebc37c569c46111217d6d37b6358faa7f9406368a75"
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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 790 (2017_18) — State government; recommendations of the Court Reform Council; implement
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Office of State Administrative Hearings, so as to implement recommendations of the Court Reform Council to improve efficiencies and achieve best practices for the administration of justice; to provide administrative law judges with authority to issue final decisions; to provide for exceptions; to require agencies to forward a request for a hearing to the Office of State Administrative Hearings; to provide administrative law judges with the power to enforce subpoenas and sanction parties; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — 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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- **2018-01-31** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 454 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** 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/139f916d-bbc4-4f78-8c8e-915c3ec75a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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