---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA"
description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; to require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HR 1113"
citation: "Georgia HR 1113 (2015_16)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jan Jones", "John Meadows", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Jon Burns", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-22"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abea7824-107b-4fa5-9f23-46e4015200fb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "368ace5cdc907865a16d1d1e1f760e9c87847940ee7946e357b2a8b73f27b992"
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 HR 1113 (2015_16) — Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; to require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HR 1113/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161630.pdf)
2. **LC 25 6559/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155242.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6944S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158245.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6944S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157430.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HR 1113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161526.pdf)
6. **Sen Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161458.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161485.pdf)
8. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7069S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161137.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPT — **125–43** (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 Lost `failure, reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Reconsidered
- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 537 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abea7824-107b-4fa5-9f23-46e4015200fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).