---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge"
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 seventh judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties that comprise the Coweta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 742"
citation: "Georgia HB 742 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Epps", "David Stover", "Debbie Buckner", "John Pezold", "Kevin Cooke", "Lynn Smith", "Randy Nix"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-14"
last_action: "2014-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818ec6e2-b2fe-46d9-96ac-df1a09e62f30"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3796811ba5741cc153be16f48e8ba42a24b33976bc011dfd929bd5d06d860c27"
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 742 (2013_14) — Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge

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 seventh judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties that comprise the Coweta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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 742/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143764.pdf)
2. **LC 21 2286/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137446.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5972S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141839.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5972S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141341.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **160–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carl Epps — primary (person)
- David Stover — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-14** House Hopper
- **2014-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 506 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818ec6e2-b2fe-46d9-96ac-df1a09e62f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).