---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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: "SB 395"
citation: "Georgia SB 395 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bo Hatchett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "72e959b94f8a7c7d23c5d5ee88e55703c2730f267072b0cb51ece33c985bcdf0"
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 SB 395 (2021_22) — Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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. **As introduced LC 49 0737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204149.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207236.pdf)
3. **SB 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210198.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **51–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Senate Hopper
- **2022-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 792 `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/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).