Judgements and Rulings; certain appellate procedures regarding the denial of sovereign and any other immunity available to the state; provide

Removed child custody cases from the list of appealable judgments and added legislative privilege appeals.

Expanded immunity appeal eligibility to include legislative privilege and applied to both civil and criminal actions.

Standardized the appeal deadline to 30 days for all immunity-related judgments.

Changed the committee offering the substitute from Judiciary to Rules and updated bill numbering.

Expanded the types of immunity covered from sovereign, municipal, official, qualified, or other immunity to also include legislative and judicial immunity.

Clarified that the direct appeal right applies to judgments or rulings both granting and denying immunity, not just denying or refusing to grant immunity.

Added 'civil actions' language to specify that the appeal right applies within the context of civil actions, and updated the bill title to indicate it is a House substitute.

New language restricts the direct appeal right to prevent any one party from exercising it more than once in any civil action.

Bill reference numbers were updated from LC 48 1544 to LC 49 2325S (SCS) to reflect the current legislative session and chamber version.

The bill was marked as 'AS PASSED SENATE' indicating it has completed the Senate stage of the legislative process.