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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Probate courts; modify certain requirements for probate judges"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate courts, so as to modify certain requirements for probate judges; 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 180"
+citation: "Georgia HB 180 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell Scoggins", "Soo Hong", "Stacey Evans", "Stan Gunter", "Trey Kelley", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-29"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8086ef8d-c91c-43af-8a63-9ba19d8d9dc8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "45eca8e51e8b9d359b08448953cc0d868881bcc35c5013a13c2974da2f1c23b2"
+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 180 (2025_26) — Probate courts; modify certain requirements for probate judges
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate courts, so as to modify certain requirements for probate judges; 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 180/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239060.pdf)
+2. **LC 48 1401/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230700.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #163 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #391 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+- Soo Hong — primary (person)
+- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
+- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 253 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8086ef8d-c91c-43af-8a63-9ba19d8d9dc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+