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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dougherty Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide for a fourth judge"
+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 fourth judge of the superior courts of the Dougherty Judicial Circuit; 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: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 77"
+citation: "Georgia HB 77 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Yearta", "David Sampson", "Gerald Greene", "Mike Cheokas"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-25"
+last_action: "2023-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e08a54-8f9d-4c79-a29b-29be3da3611b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "23350943990922a57b068b0b4c8b954a1de25637be1e9b86b71ae79ec47a5efc"
+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 77 (2023_24) — Dougherty Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide for a fourth judge
+
+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 fourth judge of the superior courts of the Dougherty Judicial Circuit; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 49 0119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219929.pdf)
+2. **HB 77/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220462.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 2190/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212787.pdf)
+4. **LC 49 1198S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214008.pdf)
+5. **LC 49 1198S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213337.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218026.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #329 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #233 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #24 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #355 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Yearta — primary (person)
+- David Sampson — primary (person)
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+- Mike Cheokas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-25** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2023-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Act 58 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e08a54-8f9d-4c79-a29b-29be3da3611b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+