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Bill	Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a seventh judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties that comprise the Coweta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 742	Georgia HB 742 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Carl Epps David Stover Debbie Buckner John Pezold Kevin Cooke Lynn Smith Randy Nix	4	17	1	2014-01-14	2014-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/818ec6e2-b2fe-46d9-96ac-df1a09e62f30	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3796811ba5741cc153be16f48e8ba42a24b33976bc011dfd929bd5d06d860c27	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 742 (2013_14) — Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for seventh judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a seventh judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties that comprise the Coweta Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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 742/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 2286/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5972S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5972S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carl Epps — primary (person)
• David Stover — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• John Pezold — primary (person)
• Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Randy Nix — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-14 House Hopper
• 2014-01-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 506 executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/818ec6e2-b2fe-46d9-96ac-df1a09e62f30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).