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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Griffin Judicial Circuit; assignment of cases; revise method"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise certain provisions governing the Griffin Judicial Circuit; to revise the method for the assignment of cases; to revise the method for the selection of one or more qualified persons as judge of the juvenile courts of the circuit; to revise the method of selection of the chief judge; to revise the method for filling a vacancy in the office of chief magistrate of Fayette County; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 614"
+citation: "Georgia HB 614 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "David Knight", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Philip Singleton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2022-04-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d79e31d2-6dbc-4716-ad25-bca91afffb50"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8af87443041cf0086dacebacc4720ad1418e0ae9ab143ff03e4f2e5b6c46dc0d"
+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 614 (2021_22) — Griffin Judicial Circuit; assignment of cases; revise method
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise certain provisions governing the Griffin Judicial Circuit; to revise the method for the assignment of cases; to revise the method for the selection of one or more qualified persons as judge of the juvenile courts of the circuit; to revise the method of selection of the chief judge; to revise the method for filling a vacancy in the office of chief magistrate of Fayette County; 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.
+
+1. **HB 614/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208350.pdf)
+2. **LC 41 2996/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198519.pdf)
+3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198534.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Camp — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
+- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
+- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
+- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-18** Act 602 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-18** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d79e31d2-6dbc-4716-ad25-bca91afffb50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+