---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seminole County; office of probate judge; nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Seminole County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "Georgia SB 93 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4e58ef-3039-4a4b-930e-36175a959478"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8478c2831163f078af4497634687f33b9bdd6aee3c3e57c52f6db1a4a0465b88"
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 93 (2015_16) — Seminole County; office of probate judge; nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Seminole County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 introduced LC 43 0035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147058.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148375.pdf)
3. **SB 93 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148168.pdf)
4. **SB 93/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153806.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **132–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dean Burke — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-09** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 172 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b4e58ef-3039-4a4b-930e-36175a959478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).