HB 635 amends OCGA Title 15 and Title 36 to allow judges of the superior, state, probate, magistrate, and municipal courts to issue orders via their court docketing system, regardless of where they are physically located. Additionally, HB 635 amends OCGA 15-6-18 to allow superior and state courts to use non-governmental facilities as an alternative location for court, so  long as the governing authority either owns the facility or has a contractual relationship with the facility (this provision was also filed as HB 405).

Finally, HB 635 includes provisions from HB 555, giving judges authority to approve an accused's waiver of the right to a jury trial and proceed to a bench trial, notwithstanding an objection of the prosecutor and excluding cases involving serious violent felonies, and HB 556, which expands statutory authority for prosecutors to use accusations (rather than indictments) as formal charging instruments, except for cases involving serious violent felonies and only 45 days or more after charges are filed. Both of these provisions have a sunset of June 30, 2022.