---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conasauga Judicial Circuit; designation of chief judge; terms of office; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the designation of the chief judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit; to provide for terms of office; to provide for filling vacancies in such 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 956"
citation: "Georgia HB 956 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02f7b716-93f5-469d-a73d-ef82d31f07c1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8643001a4c7f31210284c81911b5e45c46e41d49524de8873e3aee67fc65322a"
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 956 (2023_24) — Conasauga Judicial Circuit; designation of chief judge; terms of office; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the designation of the chief judge of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit; to provide for terms of office; to provide for filling vacancies in such 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 956/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223911.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2589/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221329.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221463.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #491 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #423 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-07** Veto V4 `executive-veto`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02f7b716-93f5-469d-a73d-ef82d31f07c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).