---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jenkins County; Probate Court judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of the judge of the Probate Court of Jenkins 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 595"
citation: "Georgia HB 595 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-11"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ff90341-e1a5-4a17-985a-44958785ade4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b861bf6edcb9b8ccacf838bc97b919f214feacb2ff33e55e6f5866047c0e3d42"
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 595 (2019_20) — Jenkins County; Probate Court judge; provide nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of the judge of the Probate Court of Jenkins 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 595/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186305.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1134/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184275.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184278.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **107–57** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butch Parrish — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-11** House Hopper
- **2019-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 127 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ff90341-e1a5-4a17-985a-44958785ade4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).