---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cobb County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Cobb County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 285"
citation: "Georgia HB 285 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Parsons", "Ginny Ehrhart", "John Carson", "Matt Dollar", "Sharon Cooper", "Teri Anulewicz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be1f138-b61c-4c2e-a6d3-a4a380db05dc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7f9bc9da849a3ab1247894dd5043586778cdb72eeffe032ce2e7718fe50567be"
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 285 (2019_20) — Cobb County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Cobb County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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.

1. **HB 285/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186266.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1025/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181272.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181288.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** House Hopper
- **2019-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Act 11 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be1f138-b61c-4c2e-a6d3-a4a380db05dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).