---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bibb County; State Court; provide additional judge"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bibb County, formerly the City Court of Macon, approved August 14, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 470), as amended, so as to provide an additional judge for said court; to provide for the initial appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election and terms of office for the judges of said court; to provide for a chief judge of said court; to provide for the compensation of the judges of said court; to provide for the selection, terms of office, and compensation of the solicitor-general of said court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Georgia HB 273 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "James Beverly", "James Epps", "Nikki Randall", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-08"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a0b2d8-9e34-46e5-8feb-d1c3072e98e0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0077219998fca80812c02543a1d962c92d269e300f1fd6d6d863de5277b6b275"
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 273 (2013_14) — Bibb County; State Court; provide additional judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bibb County, formerly the City Court of Macon, approved August 14, 1885 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 470), as amended, so as to provide an additional judge for said court; to provide for the initial appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election and terms of office for the judges of said court; to provide for a chief judge of said court; to provide for the compensation of the judges of said court; to provide for the selection, terms of office, and compensation of the solicitor-general of said court; 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 273/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134376.pdf)
2. **LC 41 0026/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130241.pdf)
3. **Sen floor sub LC 41 0060S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131715.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- James Beverly — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Nikki Randall — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-08** House Hopper
- **2013-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-07** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-03-07** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2013-03-11** House Reconsidered
- **2013-03-11** House Tabled
- **2013-03-11** House Tabled
- **2013-03-13** House Taken from Table
- **2013-03-13** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 263 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4a0b2d8-9e34-46e5-8feb-d1c3072e98e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).