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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a seventh judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties that comprise the Coweta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 742"
+citation: "Georgia HB 742 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carl Epps", "David Stover", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Kevin Cooke", "Lynn Smith", "Randy Nix"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-14"
+last_action: "2014-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818ec6e2-b2fe-46d9-96ac-df1a09e62f30"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3796811ba5741cc153be16f48e8ba42a24b33976bc011dfd929bd5d06d860c27"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 742 (2013_14) — Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a seventh judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties that comprise the Coweta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 742/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143764.pdf)
+2. **LC 21 2286/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137446.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5972S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141839.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 5972S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141341.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **160–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carl Epps — primary (person)
+- David Stover — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- John Pezold — primary (person)
+- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
+- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
+- Randy Nix — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-14** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 506 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818ec6e2-b2fe-46d9-96ac-df1a09e62f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+