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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Business court; state-wide jurisdiction; create - CA"
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description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create a business court with state-wide jurisdiction; to provide for venue and uniformity of jurisdiction and powers; to provide for selection, terms, and qualifications of business court judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; to provide for related matters; 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: "HR 993"
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citation: "Georgia HR 993 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["resolution"]
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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: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1448d0-1e7d-4b97-b6b8-19bcebea0a62"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5f287599a2d6e4cf36ae5e7f9e08c41877ae0b5d72b26ddc40d30b70620b1e92"
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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 HR 993 (2017_18) — Business court; state-wide jurisdiction; create - CA
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A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to create a business court with state-wide jurisdiction; to provide for venue and uniformity of jurisdiction and powers; to provide for selection, terms, and qualifications of business court judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; to provide for related matters; 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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- ADOPT — **142–25** (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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- **2018-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-06** Act 410 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-06** 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/0c1448d0-1e7d-4b97-b6b8-19bcebea0a62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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