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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; each judge of the superior court, state court, and probate court and each magistrate shall have authority to perform any lawful judicial act; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide that each judge of the superior court, state court, and probate court and each magistrate shall have authority to perform any lawful judicial act regardless of where he or she is physically located at the time of such act; to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for the issuance of arrest warrants by a judge regardless of where such judge is physically located; to revise standards for holding a court of inquiry; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding superior courts, so as to revise when superior courts are authorized to use alternative locations; to provide for criteria; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 635"
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citation: "Georgia HB 635 (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: ["Chuck Efstration", "Mike Wilensky", "Rob Leverett"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fb1ae65-cfac-4586-9675-10387ae45f88"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cee923ba3313969ff318c27b25df962d6631bd65bbea4ba0335911c27bc9ba13"
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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 635 (2021_22) — Courts; each judge of the superior court, state court, and probate court and each magistrate shall have authority to perform any lawful judicial act; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide that each judge of the superior court, state court, and probate court and each magistrate shall have authority to perform any lawful judicial act regardless of where he or she is physically located at the time of such act; to amend Title 17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure, so as to provide for the issuance of arrest warrants by a judge regardless of where such judge is physically located; to revise standards for holding a court of inquiry; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding superior courts, so as to revise when superior courts are authorized to use alternative locations; to provide for criteria; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 635/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202548.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 3010/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198683.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 3027S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199526.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 3027S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198930.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 3147S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201383.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Mike Wilensky — primary (person)
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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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- **2021-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-05** 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 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
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- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 202 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** 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/7fb1ae65-cfac-4586-9675-10387ae45f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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