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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; electronic filing requirements of superior and state courts; certain types of filings; exclude"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 38"
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citation: "Georgia SB 38 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-29"
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last_action: "2020-08-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69686ab1-83f9-43c0-b359-eaf4373068cf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cabd514c15282629a9fb4b4cd47f5cdd1788463729a0536a21a8447e0eab500a"
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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 SB 38 (2019_20) — Courts; electronic filing requirements of superior and state courts; certain types of filings; exclude
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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.
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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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181336.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 41 1697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179967.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 1778S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180818.pdf)
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4. **LC 27 9765S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193730.pdf)
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5. **LC 28 9379S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186155.pdf)
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6. **SB38/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194432.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-29** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-22** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** Act 608 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-08-05** 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/69686ab1-83f9-43c0-b359-eaf4373068cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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