republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1208.md

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Bill	Civil practice; require depositions to be taken before certified court reporters	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to depositions and discovery, so as to require depositions in this state to be taken before certified court reporters; to repeal requirements that depositions in this state shall be recorded by stenographic means; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1208	Georgia HB 1208 (2025_26)	bill	CIVIL PRACTICE COURTS	enacted	Esther Panitch James Burchett Rob Leverett Stan Gunter Trey Kelley Tyler Paul Smith	4	14	2	2026-02-05	2026-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/17a6881a-a4c4-43c6-91a9-e5c296bf6268	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	111bfa194d335ea9189495e8c5f743fdd039851c525598314bb5ff216ddc80ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1208 (2025_26) — Civil practice; require depositions to be taken before certified court reporters

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to depositions and discovery, so as to require depositions in this state to be taken before certified court reporters; to repeal requirements that depositions in this state shall be recorded by stenographic means; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; 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 1208/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 2566/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 49 2659S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 2659S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #834 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #689 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 138–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Esther Panitch — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-05 Act 387 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17a6881a-a4c4-43c6-91a9-e5c296bf6268. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).