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type: "Bill"
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title: "DeKalb County; State Court; provide definitions"
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description: "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."
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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 777"
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citation: "Georgia HB 777 (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: ["Becky Evans", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "Karen Bennett", "Matthew Wilson", "Rhonda Taylor", "Viola Davis"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-17"
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last_action: "2022-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceb1164f-ca18-4e24-9638-3fa5928b1676"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f92f6b1f9cc84e254cf7f96398597ada3bd9e04a1773c9bdd0c156c75d51fbfd"
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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 777 (2021_22) — DeKalb County; State Court; provide definitions
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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.
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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 777/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202424.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0997ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200675.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200676.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Becky Evans — primary (person)
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- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Taylor — primary (person)
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- Viola Davis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-17** House Hopper
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- **2021-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Act 46 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-01-01** 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/ceb1164f-ca18-4e24-9638-3fa5928b1676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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