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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judicial Emergency; suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judicial emergency, so as to provide for the suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements when compliance with such statutory speedy trial requirements becomes impracticable following a judicial emergency; to provide for applicable circumstances; to provide for requirements; to provide for notice; to provide for intervention by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; 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: "SB 163"
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citation: "Georgia SB 163 (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: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Harold Jones II", "John Kennedy", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-11"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9e9373e-2b04-4d5f-8e76-ddc981171785"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a1f02ed90c7a079c554c9dbc578b263ee310b773778e9b69919370072d289dcb"
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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 SB 163 (2021_22) — Judicial Emergency; suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judicial emergency, so as to provide for the suspension of statutory speedy trial requirements when compliance with such statutory speedy trial requirements becomes impracticable following a judicial emergency; to provide for applicable circumstances; to provide for requirements; to provide for notice; to provide for intervention by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; 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. **As introduced LC 41 2916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197511.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199705.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 3012S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198784.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 3103S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200450.pdf)
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5. **SB 163/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201809.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — **32–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-11** Senate Hopper
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- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 213 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/e9e9373e-2b04-4d5f-8e76-ddc981171785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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