Georgia House Bill 256 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-09 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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 that certain judgments, orders, or rulings denying or refusing to grant certain immunities may be directly appealable to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Appeal and error; certain judgments, orders and rulings denying to grant certain immunities may be appealable to the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals; provide

Rep. Barry Fleming [R]	Rep. Jay Powell [R]	Rep. Wendell Willard [R]	Rep. Beth Beskin [R]
Sen. Brian Strickland [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-09	House	House Second Readers
2017-02-08	House	House First Readers
2017-02-07	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/50259
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20172018/164441