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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4423), so as to provide an additional judge; to provide for the election of the initial additional judge; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1258"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1258 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carmen Rice", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "Tremaine Reese", "Vance Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-09"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ce03f0-847b-4812-95d8-bcd06dd5e657"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "75bd488d03999c6f4487a3caf4b54cd880e80c7dc27e41da6957b0034582cb9e"
+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 1258 (2025_26) — Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4423), so as to provide an additional judge; to provide for the election of the initial additional judge; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; 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 1258/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243590.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3769/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242059.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242084.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #506 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
+- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
+- Vance Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Act 661 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73ce03f0-847b-4812-95d8-bcd06dd5e657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+