republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-329.md

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Bill	Lowndes County; judge of Small Claims Court shall be magistrate judge elected on nonpartisan basis; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court for Lowndes County, approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3197), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2736), so as to provide that the judge of the Small Claims Court for Lowndes County shall be the magistrate judge and shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis; to provided for related matters; to provide for submission of this Act under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 329	Georgia HB 329 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Dexter Sharper Ellis Black Jason Shaw	2	13	1	2013-02-12	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/145d4f9b-4a76-4e79-8b32-2170a78ba506	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	59de5bf0a76f4da57f9de821938c134ca888e7f6e460ee1eeb1c73df85e58068	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 329 (2013_14) — Lowndes County; judge of Small Claims Court shall be magistrate judge elected on nonpartisan basis; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court for Lowndes County, approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3197), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2736), so as to provide that the judge of the Small Claims Court for Lowndes County shall be the magistrate judge and shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis; to provided for related matters; to provide for submission of this Act under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 329/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 35 2732/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 133–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Jason Shaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-12 House Hopper
• 2013-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 73 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/145d4f9b-4a76-4e79-8b32-2170a78ba506. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).