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| Bill | Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, so as to provide for a unified procedure for appealing decisions of a lower judicatory to a superior or state court; to repeal and reserve Chapter 4 of said title, relating to certiorari to superior court; to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to provide for conforming changes; to correct cross-references and remove obsolete or improper references; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 916 | Georgia HB 916 (2021_22) |
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4 | 17 | 1 | 2022-01-13 | 2023-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/1ac925dd-a305-4d24-95b9-eb34e7d29acb | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 1e2e7b7f948f6c917f5e22af145e687090d2b35fe3a240639e1964c056b0b882 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 916 (2021_22) — Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, so as to provide for a unified procedure for appealing decisions of a lower judicatory to a superior or state court; to repeal and reserve Chapter 4 of said title, relating to certiorari to superior court; to amend various titles of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, so as to provide for conforming changes; to correct cross-references and remove obsolete or improper references; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 916/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 0656/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 0852S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 49 0852S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mike Wilensky — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-13 House Hopper
- 2022-01-14 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-01-24 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-03-04 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-03-30 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-30 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-04-01 Senate Tabled
- 2022-04-04 Senate Taken from Table
- 2022-04-04 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-04-08 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-13 Act 875
executive-signature - 2023-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ac925dd-a305-4d24-95b9-eb34e7d29acb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).