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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; to provide for the transfer of certain funds from the Augusta Judicial Circuit to the Columbia Judicial Circuit; to provide for and allocate circuit-wide costs and expenditures; to conform the county salary supplements for the judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding the superior courts, so as to revise the composition and terms of court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; 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 9"
+citation: "Georgia SB 9 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brian Strickland", "Butch Miller", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-13"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4019c78b-488b-4def-9034-d118f0a4d019"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "73346be2dd6aa3e5b2a71cb603d2926dc559b33775f7545dfd271d43bcd93b14"
+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 9 (2021_22) — Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; to provide for the transfer of certain funds from the Augusta Judicial Circuit to the Columbia Judicial Circuit; to provide for and allocate circuit-wide costs and expenditures; to conform the county salary supplements for the judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding the superior courts, so as to revise the composition and terms of court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; 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 41 2749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195752.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196462.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 41 2802S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196141.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196415.pdf)
+5. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196424.pdf)
+6. **LC 41 3086S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200452.pdf)
+7. **SB 9/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201002.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
+- Max Burns — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-01-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-01-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-11** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-22** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-03-22** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2021-03-24** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-25** Act 7 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4019c78b-488b-4def-9034-d118f0a4d019`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+