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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA"
+description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that all probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HR 251"
+citation: "Georgia HR 251 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: ["COURTS", "ELECTIONS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Holt Persinger", "James Burchett", "Kimberly New", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa2639c-c209-4a80-8855-cd2fe8879423"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "cb9ae6de7c966534e10409ecc2f9e82f9a4c224514ac9ecca00def7dbf911fea"
+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 HR 251 (2025_26) — Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA
+
+A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that all probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HR 251/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248549.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3339/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232307.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #877 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #758 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–5** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #504 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **147–20** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #749 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
+- James Burchett — primary (person)
+- Kimberly New — primary (person)
+- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
+- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2026-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Lost `failure, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Notice to Reconsider
+- **2026-03-20** Senate Reconsidered
+- **2026-03-31** Senate Reconsidered Passed/Adopted
+- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Act 638 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4aa2639c-c209-4a80-8855-cd2fe8879423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+