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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; 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 a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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: "SB 395"
+citation: "Georgia SB 395 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-26"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "72e959b94f8a7c7d23c5d5ee88e55703c2730f267072b0cb51ece33c985bcdf0"
+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 SB 395 (2021_22) — Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; 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 a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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. **As introduced LC 49 0737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204149.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207236.pdf)
+3. **SB 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210198.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **51–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-26** Senate Hopper
+- **2022-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 792 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+