---
type: "Bill"
title: "Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide"
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 fifth judge of the superior courts of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; 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 804"
citation: "Georgia HB 804 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darryl Jordan", "Demetrius Douglas", "Mike Glanton", "Ronnie Mabra", "Sandra Scott", "Valencia Stovall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-21"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aad33d5-cdf2-4f9d-a32b-8f0c75b4405c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9ed5665abc2c525ec5e933c987e75c0fd756d491db9566d1439418c6426dad3e"
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 804 (2015_16) — Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide

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 fifth judge of the superior courts of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; 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 804/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161656.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2915/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155074.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2939S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158452.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2939S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156678.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 3056S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159892.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darryl Jordan — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-21** House Hopper
- **2016-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 349 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aad33d5-cdf2-4f9d-a32b-8f0c75b4405c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).