---
type: "Bill"
title: "Superior courts; qualifications for judges; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior court judges, so as to revise the qualifications for superior court judges; to provide for the vacation of such office under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "Georgia HB 88 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Regina Quick", "Scott Holcomb", "Stacey Evans"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/599b6cc5-8803-4f2a-8a19-7abf33f13463"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "32ca18ff309f1e302aa7da83b402b99d5f12e6d1826e88364814eccd3faf67d7"
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 88 (2017_18) — Superior courts; qualifications for judges; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior court judges, so as to revise the qualifications for superior court judges; to provide for the vacation of such office under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** Act 48 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/599b6cc5-8803-4f2a-8a19-7abf33f13463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).