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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide"
+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 an additional judge of the superior courts of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 21"
+citation: "Georgia HB 21 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Rich", "Chuck Efstration", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "David Clark", "Pedro Marin", "Sam Park"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-15"
+last_action: "2019-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/061e3f32-89fa-48cc-a6e9-ef87ff8e37f0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bffbb17dfd653bb818d06058e1b2b3184a0ffdf5ed1ec51bc39ed1d32bfccdae"
+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 21 (2019_20) — Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide
+
+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 an additional judge of the superior courts of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 21/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185040.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 8968/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179467.pdf)
+3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184656.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **157–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
+- David Clark — primary (person)
+- Pedro Marin — primary (person)
+- Sam Park — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-15** House Hopper
+- **2019-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-02** Act 5 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-02** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/061e3f32-89fa-48cc-a6e9-ef87ff8e37f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+