---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta Judicial Circuit; Superior Court; change supplemental salaries for judges"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a supplemental salary for the judges of the Superior Court of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, approved December 11, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 92), as amended, so as to change the supplemental salaries for such judges; to provide for the apportionment of such supplements among the counties in the circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1444"
citation: "Georgia HB 1444 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Bonner", "Lynn Smith", "Philip Singleton", "Randy Nix", "Tyler Paul Smith", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/852aaa10-c00c-403e-a377-2b94861556c6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3a984fe87da40276e0d303273358667c5af4b1aa75f720c6af7d56eb094257f2"
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 1444 (2021_22) — Coweta Judicial Circuit; Superior Court; change supplemental salaries for judges

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a supplemental salary for the judges of the Superior Court of the Coweta Judicial Circuit, approved December 11, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 92), as amended, so as to change the supplemental salaries for such judges; to provide for the apportionment of such supplements among the counties in the circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 1444/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209212.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2000/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207610.pdf)
3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207693.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **147–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** House Hopper
- **2022-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 658 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/852aaa10-c00c-403e-a377-2b94861556c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).