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type: "Bill"
title: "Superior and State Court Appellate Practice Act; enact"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 916"
citation: "Georgia HB 916 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Wilensky", "Rob Leverett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-13"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ac925dd-a305-4d24-95b9-eb34e7d29acb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1e2e7b7f948f6c917f5e22af145e687090d2b35fe3a240639e1964c056b0b882"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# 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.
1. **HB 916/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212174.pdf)
2. **LC 49 0656/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203399.pdf)
3. **LC 49 0852S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208173.pdf)
4. **LC 49 0852S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207457.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ac925dd-a305-4d24-95b9-eb34e7d29acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).