---
type: "Bill"
title: "Barrow County; State Court; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the State Court of Barrow County; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1157"
citation: "Georgia HB 1157 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Terry England", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-10"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe723a2-bae1-4481-a77b-da1763daecf9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "09dac22daa36a2d4b21681aa3b3d76c9fa16a93add4d70137912ec852ddbcfac"
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 1157 (2019_20) — Barrow County; State Court; create

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the State Court of Barrow County; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 1157/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194394.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0371/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192882.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192893.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-10** House Hopper
- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 347 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfe723a2-bae1-4481-a77b-da1763daecf9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).