---
type: "Bill"
title: "Griffin Judicial Circuit; assignment of cases; revise method"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise certain provisions governing the Griffin Judicial Circuit; to revise the method for the assignment of cases; to revise the method for the selection of one or more qualified persons as judge of the juvenile courts of the circuit; to revise the method of selection of the chief judge; to revise the method for filling a vacancy in the office of chief magistrate of Fayette County; 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 614"
citation: "Georgia HB 614 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "David Knight", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Philip Singleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d79e31d2-6dbc-4716-ad25-bca91afffb50"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8af87443041cf0086dacebacc4720ad1418e0ae9ab143ff03e4f2e5b6c46dc0d"
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 614 (2021_22) — Griffin Judicial Circuit; assignment of cases; revise method

A BILL to be entitled an Act to revise certain provisions governing the Griffin Judicial Circuit; to revise the method for the assignment of cases; to revise the method for the selection of one or more qualified persons as judge of the juvenile courts of the circuit; to revise the method of selection of the chief judge; to revise the method for filling a vacancy in the office of chief magistrate of Fayette County; 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 614/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208350.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2996/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198519.pdf)
3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198534.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** House Hopper
- **2021-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Act 602 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d79e31d2-6dbc-4716-ad25-bca91afffb50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).