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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Douglas Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; 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: "SB 88"
+citation: "Georgia SB 88 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Timothy Bearden"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-04"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18bad483-de63-4c30-a68e-464cd035bbfb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "de9f2eb4b1ec415c6828075a6cca4d00546ac755d2572e69485fcc0ebf7ce65c"
+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 SB 88 (2025_26) — Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Douglas Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234617.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 47 3276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231202.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 62 0106S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232566.pdf)
+4. **SB 88/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236512.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #281 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #108 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donzella James — primary (person)
+- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-04** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-30** Act 25 `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/18bad483-de63-4c30-a68e-464cd035bbfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+