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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to counsel for public officials and agencies, so as to provide for a process for state-funded representation of certain judges in legal actions resulting from performance or nonperformance of their official duties; to provide for a definition; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; to provide for appointments and duties; to provide for requirements; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 409"
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citation: "Georgia HB 409 (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: ["Barry Fleming", "Bert Reeves", "Chuck Efstration", "Mary Oliver", "Stan Gunter", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-10"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a9b1662-6ac0-485d-bc83-168df607d8a5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b18250ec6f4b7ca84458f50f1d7823c1755e87f34e45b6670cd14cc3822ffb1f"
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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 409 (2021_22) — Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; establish
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 15 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to counsel for public officials and agencies, so as to provide for a process for state-funded representation of certain judges in legal actions resulting from performance or nonperformance of their official duties; to provide for a definition; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund; to establish the Judicial Legal Defense Fund Commission; to provide for appointments and duties; to provide for requirements; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 41 0547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202157.pdf)
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2. **HB 409/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211738.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 2893/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197375.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 2952S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199052.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 2952S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198578.pdf)
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6. **LC 44 2102S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211076.pdf)
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7. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3152S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201347.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **134–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Insisted
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- **2021-03-31** House Insisted
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- **2021-03-31** House Conference Committee Appointed 8th, 121st, 104th
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 50th, 17th, 18th
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2022-04-01** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 810 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/2a9b1662-6ac0-485d-bc83-168df607d8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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