---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lanier County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Lanier 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 800"
citation: "Georgia HB 800 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Shaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-22"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a868b0-ec61-42e9-b20c-3b86a18bee5b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3d23c66b4d82393608644ca804cf607fa912656613bc92a18ade13233eaa757b"
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 800 (2013_14) — Lanier County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Lanier 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. **HB 800/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141369.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6933/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137872.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **108–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-22** House Hopper
- **2014-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 368 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a868b0-ec61-42e9-b20c-3b86a18bee5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).