---
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 569"
citation: "Georgia HB 569 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "James Beverly", "James Epps", "Nikki Randall", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-03-11"
last_action: "2013-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e09d3c8-7b77-4bdd-a372-5b8723fcd184"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5430e99682cc6d443e7b2191a642ab92fe34aa0c38983b2dd7607e5f44e26bd8"
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 569 (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 569/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137108.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2208/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134117.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **151–1** (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.

- **2013-03-11** House Hopper
- **2013-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Act 121 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e09d3c8-7b77-4bdd-a372-5b8723fcd184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).