republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-777.md

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Bill	DeKalb County; State Court; provide definitions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of DeKalb County, formerly known as the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County, approved February 14, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2401), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 3322), an Act approved February 18, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 2166), an Act approved March 3, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3501), and an Act approved April 28, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3950), so as to provide definitions; to provide that the court shall be governed by general law related to state courts; to provide effective dates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 777	Georgia HB 777 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Becky Evans Dar'shun Kendrick Karen Bennett Matthew Wilson Rhonda Taylor Viola Davis	3	13	1	2021-03-17	2022-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ceb1164f-ca18-4e24-9638-3fa5928b1676	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f92f6b1f9cc84e254cf7f96398597ada3bd9e04a1773c9bdd0c156c75d51fbfd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 777 (2021_22) — DeKalb County; State Court; provide definitions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of DeKalb County, formerly known as the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County, approved February 14, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2401), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 13, 1957 (Ga. L. 1957, p. 3322), an Act approved February 18, 1960 (Ga. L. 1960, p. 2166), an Act approved March 3, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 3501), and an Act approved April 28, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3950), so as to provide definitions; to provide that the court shall be governed by general law related to state courts; to provide effective dates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 777/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0997ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Becky Evans — primary (person)
• Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
• Rhonda Taylor — primary (person)
• Viola Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-03-17 House Hopper
• 2021-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Act 46 executive-signature
• 2022-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ceb1164f-ca18-4e24-9638-3fa5928b1676. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).