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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1361"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1361 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rob Leverett"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-14"
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last_action: "2022-03-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f611018-ae77-4ab1-8a2d-0c28f569a09c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3e589bf3a3a0a89920e378a5d694c5612b9b89f15e6fc977c014b0f03731e258"
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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 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
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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.
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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. **HB 1361/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208040.pdf)
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2. **LC 36 5144/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206671.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-14** House Hopper
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- **2022-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-03-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-04** Act 564 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-04** 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/5f611018-ae77-4ab1-8a2d-0c28f569a09c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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