Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | Civil practice; Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action; clarify | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, so as to clarify that the Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action, not just statutes; to provide for the Attorney General to be a party as a matter of right; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 1361 | Georgia HB 1361 (2021_22) |
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Georgia HB 1361 (2021_22) — Civil practice; Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action; clarify
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to civil practice, so as to clarify that the Attorney General is to be served and heard in defense of all Acts of the General Assembly when challenged in any court action, not just statutes; to provide for the Attorney General to be a party as a matter of right; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 163–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-02-14 House Hopper
- 2022-02-15 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-02-17 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-22 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-02-22 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-02-22 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-02-22 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- 2022-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-28 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-03-01 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-03-04 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-03-04 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-03-04 Act 564
executive-signature - 2022-03-04 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f611018-ae77-4ab1-8a2d-0c28f569a09c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).