---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cordele Judicial Court; change certain terms of court"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to terms of superior court, so as to change certain terms of court in the Cordele Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1121"
citation: "Georgia HB 1121 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leesa Hagan", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Patty Marie Stinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a40f39a5-42e5-45b0-8924-bee283790072"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c23a652b836d822b22d83b38c58801927fbd1a842008555d43c67ca85862b56f"
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 1121 (2025_26) — Cordele Judicial Court; change certain terms of court

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to terms of superior court, so as to change certain terms of court in the Cordele Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 1121/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248638.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3934/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241110.pdf)
3. **SCSFA HB 1121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248076.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2855S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247246.pdf)
5. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247831.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #514 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #812 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #849 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Patty Marie Stinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a40f39a5-42e5-45b0-8924-bee283790072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).