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type: "Bill"
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title: "Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, and appeals involving nonmonetary judgments in child custody cases, so as to provide for certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state or a city or county in this state; to provide for time limitations; to provide for statutory construction; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 298"
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citation: "Georgia SB 298 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["APPEAL AND ERROR"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-27"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08237dc4-da10-433c-bcd2-1a43307879a8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ff4f9937d049885de06654cad19d857f1ee94777d0fe2f14d7e3d1d9b479971e"
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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 298 (2025_26) — Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-6-34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judgments and rulings deemed directly appealable, procedure for review of judgments, orders, or decisions not subject to direct appeal, scope of review, hearings in criminal cases involving a capital offense for which death penalty is sought, and appeals involving nonmonetary judgments in child custody cases, so as to provide for certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state or a city or county in this state; to provide for time limitations; to provide for statutory construction; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235636.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 48 1544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234309.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 49 2325S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234807.pdf)
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4. **LC 48 1591S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236458.pdf)
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5. **LC 48 1601S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238270.pdf)
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6. **SB 298/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239540.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #206 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–2** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #477 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–8** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #371 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **142–23** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 298 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/08237dc4-da10-433c-bcd2-1a43307879a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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