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legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-593.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 593"
+citation: "Georgia HB 593 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-24"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f024b02-8d40-4bac-8dd3-96212e0a3d8c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7fbe7a6b03b914f9fc10e6fe66301e4f4d034da85db306d5cff157141d1f0c79"
+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 593 (2025_26) — Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 593/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236738.pdf)
+2. **LC 61 0119/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233591.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233615.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **150–20** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-24** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Act 204 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f024b02-8d40-4bac-8dd3-96212e0a3d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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