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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 3851), so as to provide for a chief judge; to provide for an associate judge; to provide for the initial appointment of such associate judge by the Governor; to provide for the elections and terms of office of the judges of the court; to provide for compensation of the associate judge; to provide an effective date and applicability; 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 722"
+citation: "Georgia HB 722 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Lehman Franklin", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-04"
+last_action: "2025-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fecf57d6-acf1-4c7b-8757-dabc24ab67fb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "060bb848613a9bd68e7d77497655298e4883eeeea7dca4010fa5f8b1fafc8465"
+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 722 (2025_26) — Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 3851), so as to provide for a chief judge; to provide for an associate judge; to provide for the initial appointment of such associate judge by the Governor; to provide for the elections and terms of office of the judges of the court; to provide for compensation of the associate judge; to provide an effective date and applicability; 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 722/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237139.pdf)
+2. **LC 62 0117/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235106.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235144.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-04** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Act 60 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fecf57d6-acf1-4c7b-8757-dabc24ab67fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+