republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-176.md

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Bill	Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision	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 change a provision relating to judgments deemed directly appealable; to change provisions relating to cases requiring application of appeal; to provide for a definition; to provide for an out-of-time remedy for certain types of postjudgment relief in criminal cases; to provide for procedure and time frames; to change provisions relating to amendments on motions for new trial; to amend Code Section 17-7-93 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reading of indictment or accusation, answer of accused to charge, recordation of "guilty" plea and pronouncement of judgment, withdrawn guilty pleas, and pleas by immigrants, so as to provide for a time frame regarding the withdrawal of a guilty plea; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 176	Georgia HB 176 (2025_26)	bill	APPEAL AND ERROR CRIMINAL PROCEDURE	enacted	Stacey Evans Stan Gunter Tanya Miller Tyler Paul Smith	4	17	2	2025-01-29	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/a7ce0bc7-05a4-4e90-971b-2d4fa2dc86ce	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	63f8dedd1f3c973c9af06aacf59130f0a6bf0cd8bb2216040c41fa6df4441b45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 176 (2025_26) — Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision

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 change a provision relating to judgments deemed directly appealable; to change provisions relating to cases requiring application of appeal; to provide for a definition; to provide for an out-of-time remedy for certain types of postjudgment relief in criminal cases; to provide for procedure and time frames; to change provisions relating to amendments on motions for new trial; to amend Code Section 17-7-93 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reading of indictment or accusation, answer of accused to charge, recordation of "guilty" plea and pronouncement of judgment, withdrawn guilty pleas, and pleas by immigrants, so as to provide for a time frame regarding the withdrawal of a guilty plea; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 176/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1365/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1509S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1509S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #425 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #86 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tanya Miller — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2025-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 252 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7ce0bc7-05a4-4e90-971b-2d4fa2dc86ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).