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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bartow County; Chief Magistrate; cost-of-living adjustments to compensation; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the compensation of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Bartow County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3690), so as to change provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments to the compensation of the chief magistrate; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 620"
+citation: "Georgia HB 620 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-28"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31b0b9d2-5886-4a70-9b54-ec0471c8a94b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "19aa791f32b6734129310d520b94ee6e607eed274ad79ea8837b2c1da3f43592"
+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 620 (2023_24) — Bartow County; Chief Magistrate; cost-of-living adjustments to compensation; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the compensation of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Bartow County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3690), so as to change provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments to the compensation of the chief magistrate; 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 620/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218329.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2210/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216307.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216354.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #222 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-28** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Act 158 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31b0b9d2-5886-4a70-9b54-ec0471c8a94b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+