republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-543.md

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Bill	Courts; six-person jury trials in civil actions; revise an exception	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-12-122 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to demand of jury panels from which to select jury in civil actions in the state courts and the superior courts, so as to revise an exception to six-person jury trials in civil actions; 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	2023_24	HB 543	Georgia HB 543 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Deborah Silcox Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Stan Gunter Tyler Paul Smith	3	18	3	2023-02-22	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fd075149-a176-4683-8d47-f645210e54ed	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7288919d2f9711b9d411ded94e30957e17c906a8470aecbb3bad62b4d386336f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 543 (2023_24) — Courts; six-person jury trials in civil actions; revise an exception

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-12-122 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to demand of jury panels from which to select jury in civil actions in the state courts and the superior courts, so as to revise an exception to six-person jury trials in civil actions; 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 543/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 1335/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 44 2366S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #384 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #383 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #155 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-27 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Act 339 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd075149-a176-4683-8d47-f645210e54ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).