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type: "Bill"
title: "Judiciary; people may petition for declaratory relief from certain acts of this state or certain local governments or officers or employees; provide - CA"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HR 1023"
citation: "Georgia HR 1023 (2019_20)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Barry Fleming", "Chuck Efstration", "Mary Oliver", "Robert Trammell", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-08-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bfa0aeb-49da-492b-bb13-ae7c7b864cae"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6b17087985fdf78eb79c36c565d88b5999b2ba9958823e8a36c12eebf7b86c28"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193937.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2266/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189027.pdf)
3. **LC 41 2302S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190476.pdf)
4. **LC 41 2302S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189476.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HR1023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193390.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 2448S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191863.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193367.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bfa0aeb-49da-492b-bb13-ae7c7b864cae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).