---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate Court of Crisp County; office of judge; future elections; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of judge of the probate court of Crisp 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 211"
citation: "Georgia SB 211 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carden Summers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25906caa-62ba-49c0-aebc-a884e48f21b8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2f6fa8856af2a6f29b55bbef156bc0e418f14902dfe713bdfdb7860945c38e7c"
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 SB 211 (2021_22) — Probate Court of Crisp County; office of judge; future elections; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of judge of the probate court of Crisp 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. **As introduced LC 47 0730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198227.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198789.pdf)
3. **SB 211 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198221.pdf)
4. **SB 211/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210034.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carden Summers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 702 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25906caa-62ba-49c0-aebc-a884e48f21b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).