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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Thomas County; Magistrate Court chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Thomas County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for the sitting chief judge of the magistrate court to serve out his or her term of office; 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 934"
+citation: "Georgia HB 934 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Darlene Taylor", "John LaHood", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-14"
+last_action: "2018-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f95858d-99a8-41d1-b536-26be00baa733"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d5bf0c75fddc9e093f6b157a57ab9e5dc53e49a8478ff7efcd0533969605f39f"
+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 934 (2017_18) — Thomas County; Magistrate Court chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Thomas County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for the sitting chief judge of the magistrate court to serve out his or her term of office; 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 — **112–50** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- John LaHood — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-14** House Hopper
+- **2018-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** Act 396 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f95858d-99a8-41d1-b536-26be00baa733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+