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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Wilkinson County; Magistrate Court; provide one-year terms of office for magistrates"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Wilkinson County shall serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Wilkinson County, approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3980), as amended; so as to provide one-year terms of office for magistrates; 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 634"
+citation: "Georgia HB 634 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04933df5-c307-4a17-bda0-1f20925fca87"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1c5beb81d7365dc743026931f4940dfcad44b1f444071806dbd80e122da29ca4"
+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 634 (2021_22) — Wilkinson County; Magistrate Court; provide one-year terms of office for magistrates
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Wilkinson County shall serve as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Wilkinson County, approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3980), as amended; so as to provide one-year terms of office for magistrates; 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 634/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200457.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0795/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198665.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198747.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 70 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04933df5-c307-4a17-bda0-1f20925fca87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+