---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; Judicial Qualifications Commission; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to courts, so as to create a new Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide for the powers, composition, and appointment of such commission; to amend Code Section 50-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain proceedings exempted from open meetings requirements, so as to remove any exemptions for meetings of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide effective dates; to provide for contingent automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 808"
citation: "Georgia HB 808 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jan Jones", "John Meadows", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Jon Burns", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-22"
last_action: "2017-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cea0fac-02a7-45b9-874e-3719bc927d09"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f6cebbe8586628296b6664c8d80679103e36e8398b9744b911a2098edf3ce0a4"
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 808 (2015_16) — Courts; Judicial Qualifications Commission; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to courts, so as to create a new Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide for the powers, composition, and appointment of such commission; to amend Code Section 50-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain proceedings exempted from open meetings requirements, so as to remove any exemptions for meetings of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide effective dates; to provide for contingent automatic repeal; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2567** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162238.pdf)
2. **HB 808/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162247.pdf)
3. **LC 25 6560/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155237.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6943S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158216.pdf)
5. **LC 29 6943S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157431.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161486.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor AM 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161472.pdf)
8. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 8079S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160730.pdf)
9. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161481.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **123–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
- **2016-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2016-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 605 `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/5cea0fac-02a7-45b9-874e-3719bc927d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).