---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gwinnett County; State Court; supplement for chief judge; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue and re-create the State Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3331), as amended, so as to provide a supplement for the chief judge of said court; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 768"
citation: "Georgia HB 768 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Gabe Okoye", "Jasmine Clark", "Karen Bennett", "Matt Reeves", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd866f39-5526-481a-b014-e056b874c988"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8d22105886e2546a67d79707369cadef066afc15c4c8908ebd1501337ab66a4e"
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 768 (2025_26) — Gwinnett County; State Court; supplement for chief judge; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue and re-create the State Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3331), as amended, so as to provide a supplement for the chief judge of said court; to provide an effective date; 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 768/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238843.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3587/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236040.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236063.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Gabe Okoye — primary (person)
- Jasmine Clark — primary (person)
- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 220 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd866f39-5526-481a-b014-e056b874c988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).