republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hr-1023.md

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Bill	Judiciary; people may petition for declaratory relief from certain acts of this state or certain local governments or officers or employees; provide - CA	A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the people of this state may petition the judiciary for declaratory relief from certain acts of this state or certain local governments or officers or employees thereof that violate the laws or Constitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HR 1023	Georgia HR 1023 (2019_20)	resolution		enacted	Andrew Welch Barry Fleming Chuck Efstration Mary Oliver Robert Trammell Trey Kelley	7	17	1	2020-01-30	2020-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/9bfa0aeb-49da-492b-bb13-ae7c7b864cae	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6b17087985fdf78eb79c36c565d88b5999b2ba9958823e8a36c12eebf7b86c28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HR 1023 (2019_20) — Judiciary; people may petition for declaratory relief from certain acts of this state or certain local governments or officers or employees; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the people of this state may petition the judiciary for declaratory relief from certain acts of this state or certain local governments or officers or employees thereof that violate the laws or Constitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HR 1023/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 2266/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 2302S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 2302S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HR1023 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 41 2448S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0511 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPT — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Robert Trammell — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-30 House Hopper
• 2020-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-15 Senate Transmitted House
• 2020-06-16 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Act 596 executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9bfa0aeb-49da-492b-bb13-ae7c7b864cae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).