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21 bills for “Appeal and error”.
Appeal and error; service of process; provide by certified mail and statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would require that when court documents on appeal are served by mail, it must be certified mail or statutory overnight delivery with a return receipt, instead of regular mail.
Appeal and error; judgments deemed directly appealable; change a provision
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 176 changes Georgia's rules for criminal appeals, creating a new process for defendants to seek late permission to appeal or request a new trial, and setting clearer deadlines for withdrawing guilty pleas.
Conduct of Proceedings in Criminal Trials; legislative intent; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would change how errors are preserved for appeal in criminal trials, ending the requirement that lawyers formally 'except' to a judge's ruling and adopting a federal-style plain-error review standard.
Appeal and error; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state or a city or county in this state; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Senate substitute to HB 531 would rewrite Georgia's rules on suing cities, capping damages, extending the time to file claims, and stripping legal immunity from local governments that violate the state's ban on immigration sanctuary policies or ignore federal detainer requests.
Appeal and error; appeal of superior court decisions on zoning decisions of counties and municipal corporations; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 318 would let Georgians appeal superior court rulings on local zoning decisions directly to the Georgia Court of Appeals, while also stripping single administrative officers of power to make quasi-judicial zoning calls.
Appeal and error; declaratory judgments in instances involving accusations made by a prosecuting attorney regarding credibility of a peace officer; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 288 changes Georgia rules for sheriff candidates and creates a formal process for handling 'Giglio lists,' the lists prosecutors keep of police officers whose credibility as witnesses is in question.
Georgia Lottery for Education Act; authorize certain billiards and darts tournaments and prizes
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let bar and arcade locations run billiards and darts tournaments with gift-card prizes, require progressive discipline for coin-operated amusement machine violations, and move appeals of Georgia Lottery Corporation decisions to a specialized Fulton County court division.
Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board; correct a scrivener's error in a cross-reference
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill fixes a typo in state law that pointed to the wrong code section governing grants reviewed by the Georgia Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Advisory Board.
Labor and industrial relations; employment security; benefits and appeals; revise certain notice provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would change how deadlines are counted in unemployment insurance appeals, switching from the date a notice was mailed to a printed 'issue date' on the decision itself.
Employment Security; certain notice provisions relating to benefits and appeals; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 191 changes how Georgia counts the deadline to appeal unemployment benefit decisions, switching from the date a notice was mailed to a new 'issue date' printed on the document, effective January 1, 2026.
Ad valorem tax; additional period to appeal certain property assessments; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 456 would give Georgia property owners an extra window to appeal their property tax assessment based on when they receive their tax bill, and would require assessment notices to include an estimate of that year's tax bill.
Beasley, Judge Dorothy Toth; condolences
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution honors the life of Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley, the first woman to serve on the Georgia Court of Appeals, following her death in May 2024.
Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let parties in civil lawsuits immediately appeal a judge's ruling on sovereign, official, or legislative immunity, instead of waiting until the whole case is over.
Terry Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 545, called the Terry Act, would change how appeals lawyers request court transcripts in Georgia, requiring the appellant to request transcripts directly from the court reporter named on the notice of appeal.
Revenue and Taxation; the appeal and protest period from 30 days to 45 days for tax assessments; extend
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 141 would extend from 30 to 45 days the deadline for Georgia taxpayers to appeal or protest state tax assessments, refund denials, and license fee decisions, while also letting counties extend tax breaks for historic properties.
Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would rewrite several parts of the state's property tax law, giving homeowners more time to apply for homestead exemptions but adding a 50 percent penalty for failing to report when they no longer qualify for one.
Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 445 would let owners of business personal property worth more than $200,000 appeal county tax assessments to a hearing officer, and would add large private water and sewer systems to the definition of a public utility for tax purposes.
Medical Debt Protection Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 765 would create the "Medical Debt Protection Act," setting new rules for how Georgia hospitals and other large healthcare facilities bill patients, charge interest, and collect unpaid medical debt.
Local government; selection and objection to arbitrators; revise procedures
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 155 rewrites how Georgia resolves annexation disputes between cities and counties, changes rules for county development authorities in heavily municipalized counties, and revises how zoning and quasi-judicial decisions can be appealed to state courts.
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize and correct errors or omissions
Summary by Georgia Commons: This is the annual Georgia Code Revision Commission bill that fixes typos, punctuation, cross-references, and outdated terms across dozens of titles of the Official Code of Georgia and formally reenacts the entire Code for 2026.
Official Code of Georgia Annotated; revise, modernize, correct errors or omissions in, and reenact the statutory portion of said Code
Summary by Georgia Commons: This annual Code Revision Commission bill makes thousands of small technical fixes across the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, correcting typos, updating terminology, and reenacting the entire statutory code, without changing policy.