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type: "Bill"
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title: "Appellate courts; provide direct appeals and appeals requiring an application for appeals pertaining to courts-martial; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to appellate practice, so as to provide for direct appeals and appeals requiring an application for appeals to the appellate courts on matters pertaining to courts-martial; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to military affairs, so as to repeal and reenact Article 5, the \"Georgia Code of Military Justice\"; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 98"
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citation: "Georgia HB 98 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Atwood", "Christian Coomer", "John Meadows", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Scott Holcomb", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-26"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4822a8f3-255b-4877-9d9a-d7ec494bd10e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f93fbaeb59803916b8d90f88a85f5b3328d9f451c295a8f943d70c3feee55d96"
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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 HB 98 (2015_16) — Appellate courts; provide direct appeals and appeals requiring an application for appeals pertaining to courts-martial; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to appellate practice, so as to provide for direct appeals and appeals requiring an application for appeals to the appellate courts on matters pertaining to courts-martial; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 38 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to military affairs, so as to repeal and reenact Article 5, the "Georgia Code of Military Justice"; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **HB 98/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153465.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6520ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150973.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6520ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150473.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0323/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145880.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-26** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 99 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/4822a8f3-255b-4877-9d9a-d7ec494bd10e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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