---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide eighth judge"
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 an eighth judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 243"
citation: "Georgia HB 243 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Huddleston", "David Jenkins", "Debbie Buckner", "J Collins", "Lynn Smith", "Mandisha Thomas", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/095d80a6-5c04-47a0-908a-c82a041f1eb6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e98d93781e9c98c4860fff949550805530b2d8f6c08c2538b6b73270a24ed6c8"
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 243 (2023_24) — Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide eighth judge

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 an eighth judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; 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 243/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220441.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2227/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213761.pdf)
3. **LC 44 2273S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215263.pdf)
4. **LC 44 2273S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214744.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 44 2362S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218395.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #353 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #277 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #51 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 62 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/095d80a6-5c04-47a0-908a-c82a041f1eb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).