---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lowndes County; nonpartisan nomination and election of judge of Probate Court; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the nonpartisan nomination and election of the judge of the Probate Court of Lowndes County; to provide for terms of office; 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 328"
citation: "Georgia HB 328 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Dexter Sharper", "Ellis Black", "Jason Shaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76bb1c8f-9c49-4436-a3fb-351fbf9dfd47"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "104eb16c4f5a1f5415afb5b98c9857fd5b7216b373254bd46800fda4546b73eb"
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 328 (2013_14) — Lowndes County; nonpartisan nomination and election of judge of Probate Court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the nonpartisan nomination and election of the judge of the Probate Court of Lowndes County; to provide for terms of office; 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 328/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133585.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2840/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130667.pdf)

## Votes

- Vote on Bill — **144–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 72 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76bb1c8f-9c49-4436-a3fb-351fbf9dfd47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).