republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-38.md

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Bill	Courts; electronic filing requirements of superior and state courts; certain types of filings; exclude	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to exclude certain types of filings from the electronic filing requirements of superior and state courts; to allow individuals who are not attorneys to file such pleadings and documents in paper form; to provide that fees for electronic filings shall not be charged to the Attorney General, district attorneys, solicitors-general, or public defenders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 38	Georgia SB 38 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert William Ligon, Jr.	6	18	1	2019-01-29	2020-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/69686ab1-83f9-43c0-b359-eaf4373068cf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cabd514c15282629a9fb4b4cd47f5cdd1788463729a0536a21a8447e0eab500a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 38 (2019_20) — Courts; electronic filing requirements of superior and state courts; certain types of filings; exclude

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to exclude certain types of filings from the electronic filing requirements of superior and state courts; to allow individuals who are not attorneys to file such pleadings and documents in paper form; to provide that fees for electronic filings shall not be charged to the Attorney General, district attorneys, solicitors-general, or public defenders; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

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

1. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 41 1697 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 1778S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 27 9765S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 28 9379S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB38/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Senate Hopper
• 2019-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-02-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-02-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2020-06-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-22 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Act 608 executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69686ab1-83f9-43c0-b359-eaf4373068cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).