---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pike County; Magistrate Court; chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Pike County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for the sitting chief judge of the magistrate court to serve out his or her term of office; 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 532"
citation: "Georgia HB 532 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c95b5c90-5249-4986-9928-6adf40e60c3c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fc2618e5a773c0742c7c12936c58e214876efce38ed387de7527b88760223217"
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 532 (2023_24) — Pike County; Magistrate Court; chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Pike County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for the sitting chief judge of the magistrate court to serve out his or her term of office; 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 532/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217870.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2154/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215558.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215564.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #220 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #158 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **139–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Camp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 125 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c95b5c90-5249-4986-9928-6adf40e60c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).