---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta County; State Court; revise terms"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act continuing the State Court of Coweta County, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4260), so as to revise the terms of court of the State Court of Coweta County; 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: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 1047"
citation: "Georgia HB 1047 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Stover", "Lynn Smith", "Matt Ramsey", "Robert Trammell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2017-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/febfdc9b-2390-4d4e-b1f6-029f24e738dd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c3acfb049a2efa5edf8b8a19631b11077565d9133468716faf8d377819cd3926"
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 1047 (2015_16) — Coweta County; State Court; revise terms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act continuing the State Court of Coweta County, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4260), so as to revise the terms of court of the State Court of Coweta County; 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 1047/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160410.pdf)
2. **LC 40 1078/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157909.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- David Stover — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** House Hopper
- **2016-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 561 `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/febfdc9b-2390-4d4e-b1f6-029f24e738dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).