---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bryan County; State Court; revise terms"
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 9, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4404), so as to revise the terms of said court; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1571"
citation: "Georgia HB 1571 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Lehman Franklin", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-18"
last_action: "2026-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f35ce02c-989c-4847-b12c-1100a5fd1dae"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6c0642e91fc3c1090443038634ead99b3e2057ad606abe6e470cd09a8bff2315"
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 1571 (2025_26) — Bryan County; State Court; revise terms

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 9, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4404), so as to revise the terms of said court; to provide for an effective date; 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 1571/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248276.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4139/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246314.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246327.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #754 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #873 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 603 `executive-signature`
- **2026-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f35ce02c-989c-4847-b12c-1100a5fd1dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).