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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil practice; continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; revise"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 and Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to continuances, so as to revise continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; to provide for related matters; to provide 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 502"
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citation: "Georgia HB 502 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-26"
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last_action: "2019-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/780c9150-5817-44a8-baf3-6e814b4bc9b8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "294ccd86f5e683c8d1682d21bf3c291c8f7cfa36b43ffe74ac325cd5758cbc61"
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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 502 (2019_20) — Civil practice; continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; revise
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 and Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to continuances, so as to revise continuances for members of the Board of Regents and the Attorney General; to provide for related matters; to provide 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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1. **HB 502/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187513.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 5528/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182965.pdf)
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3. **SCSFA to HB 502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187360.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9389S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186593.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1973S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185202.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187301.pdf)
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7. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187359.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **154–15** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-26** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 253 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** 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/780c9150-5817-44a8-baf3-6e814b4bc9b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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