---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bryan County; State Court; judge shall serve in a full-time capacity; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 3, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 3360), so as to provide that the judge of such court shall serve in a full-time capacity; to update provisions regarding the election and compensation of the judge; to authorize the appointment of judges pro tempore and judges pro hac vice; 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 569"
citation: "Georgia HB 569 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Lehman Franklin", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26a081a4-7c89-4abc-91f6-61fbb4b3d789"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "99f23f5080800988f3d899028921e63d6c45ff8e5d2cd2f299e79cb422c354b0"
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 569 (2023_24) — Bryan County; State Court; judge shall serve in a full-time capacity; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 3, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 3360), so as to provide that the judge of such court shall serve in a full-time capacity; to update provisions regarding the election and compensation of the judge; to authorize the appointment of judges pro tempore and judges pro hac vice; 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 569/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217385.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1959/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215816.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215858.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #201 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #130 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** 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 148 `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/26a081a4-7c89-4abc-91f6-61fbb4b3d789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).