Fabio
81 lines
5.0 KiB
Markdown
81 lines
5.0 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision"
|
||
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 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of indictment or accusation, answer of accused to charge, recordation of \"guilty\" plea and pronouncement of judgment, withdrawn guilty pleas, and pleas by immigrants, so as to provide for a time frame regarding the withdrawal of a guilty plea; to provide for related matters; to provide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."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
|
||
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2025_26"
|
||
identifier: "HB 176"
|
||
citation: "Georgia HB 176 (2025_26)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: ["APPEAL AND ERROR", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Evans", "Stan Gunter", "Tanya Miller", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
|
||
version_count: 4
|
||
action_count: 17
|
||
vote_count: 2
|
||
first_action: "2025-01-29"
|
||
last_action: "2025-05-14"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ce0bc7-05a4-4e90-971b-2d4fa2dc86ce"
|
||
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
|
||
source_hash: "63f8dedd1f3c973c9af06aacf59130f0a6bf0cd8bb2216040c41fa6df4441b45"
|
||
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239058.pdf)
|
||
2. **LC 48 1365/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230684.pdf)
|
||
3. **LC 48 1509S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233993.pdf)
|
||
4. **LC 48 1509S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233189.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ce0bc7-05a4-4e90-971b-2d4fa2dc86ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
|
||
|