2025-2026 Regular Session

HB688

Appeal and error; service of process; provide by certified mail and statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 5-3-10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to manner for service of process, so as to provide for service by certified mail and statutory overnight delivery, return receipt requested; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status date: February 24, 2026
Last status update: House Committee Favorably Reported
Author: Omari Crawford
Co-sponsors: Scott Holcomb Mary Oliver Anne Westbrook

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Committee referrals

March 3, 2025 · House

Judiciary

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 24, 2026
House House Committee Favorably Reported
March 4, 2025
House House Second Readers
March 3, 2025
House House First Readers
February 28, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 1989312
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB688.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00