---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; clerks of superior courts; provide for construction"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1346"
citation: "Georgia HB 1346 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charles Martin", "Mandi Ballinger", "Scott Holcomb", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-14"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/782917d9-b2f7-4584-82dd-4bb25e4abeef"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dfdde8c11eb404d44f9ae27f9170309ffa619f35d25da698712e8f34c49509f3"
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 1346 (2021_22) — Courts; clerks of superior courts; provide for construction

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to provide for construction; 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 1346/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209983.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1980S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207773.pdf)
3. **LC 44 1980S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206890.pdf)
4. **LC 49 0705/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206542.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14** House Hopper
- **2022-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 775 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/782917d9-b2f7-4584-82dd-4bb25e4abeef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).