---
type: "Bill"
title: "Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 593"
citation: "Georgia HB 593 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-24"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f024b02-8d40-4bac-8dd3-96212e0a3d8c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7fbe7a6b03b914f9fc10e6fe66301e4f4d034da85db306d5cff157141d1f0c79"
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 593 (2025_26) — Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 593/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236738.pdf)
2. **LC 61 0119/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233591.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233615.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **150–20** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gerald Greene — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 204 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f024b02-8d40-4bac-8dd3-96212e0a3d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).