Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide
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Officially: “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...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
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 so
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Tabled · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 18, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 298 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 44, nay 8, notVoting 3, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 142, nay 23, notVoting 3, excused 12
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 54, nay 2, notVoting 0, excused 0
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