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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Superior courts; qualifications for judges; revise"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior court judges, so as to revise the qualifications for superior court judges; to provide for the vacation of such office under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 88"
+citation: "Georgia HB 88 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Regina Quick", "Scott Holcomb", "Stacey Evans"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-23"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/599b6cc5-8803-4f2a-8a19-7abf33f13463"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "32ca18ff309f1e302aa7da83b402b99d5f12e6d1826e88364814eccd3faf67d7"
+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 88 (2017_18) — Superior courts; qualifications for judges; revise
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior court judges, so as to revise the qualifications for superior court judges; to provide for the vacation of such office under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Regina Quick — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
+- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-01** Act 48 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/599b6cc5-8803-4f2a-8a19-7abf33f13463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+