---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 582"
citation: "Georgia HB 582 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/545eb834-e3ab-4e01-b181-5f456ed16745"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "778f750636dd81193a285c91f2a2a4c1f77a3bfd76b357c8fe40e1e50afdb5a3"
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 582 (2021_22) — Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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 582/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201148.pdf)
2. **LC 48 0302/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198376.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198389.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **119–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 64 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/545eb834-e3ab-4e01-b181-5f456ed16745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).