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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA"
+description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; to require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HR 1113"
+citation: "Georgia HR 1113 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jan Jones", "John Meadows", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Jon Burns", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-22"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abea7824-107b-4fa5-9f23-46e4015200fb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "368ace5cdc907865a16d1d1e1f760e9c87847940ee7946e357b2a8b73f27b992"
+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 HR 1113 (2015_16) — Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA
+
+A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; to require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HR 1113/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161630.pdf)
+2. **LC 25 6559/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155242.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6944S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158245.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6944S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157430.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HR 1113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161526.pdf)
+6. **Sen Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161458.pdf)
+7. **Sen Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161485.pdf)
+8. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7069S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161137.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ADOPT — **125–43** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- John Meadows — primary (person)
+- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Lost `failure, reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Reconsidered
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 537 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abea7824-107b-4fa5-9f23-46e4015200fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+