---
type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; Magistrate Court; provide a solicitor; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Recorder's Court of DeKalb County, approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 3093), as amended; to provide for the transfer of certain pending cases and court records; to provide for a solicitor of the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 301"
citation: "Georgia HB 301 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dar'shun Kendrick", "Howard Mosby", "Mary Oliver", "Mike Jacobs", "Pam Stephenson", "Scott Holcomb"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-10"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63936fac-543c-4456-b23c-c763e67f230c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f07819287511dda8fe14c2b3044230aea0eae362f44399bbf8a0e77d80406ddb"
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 301 (2015_16) — DeKalb County; Magistrate Court; provide a solicitor; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Recorder's Court of DeKalb County, approved March 17, 1959 (Ga. L. 1959, p. 3093), as amended; to provide for the transfer of certain pending cases and court records; to provide for a solicitor of the Magistrate Court of DeKalb County; to provide for 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 301/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149578.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3604/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147387.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
- Howard Mosby — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-10** House Hopper
- **2015-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-03-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-03-03** Act 4 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63936fac-543c-4456-b23c-c763e67f230c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).