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Bill	Magistrate Court of Chatham County; provide chief magistrate shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide that the chief magistrate of Chatham County shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 256	Georgia SB 256 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Earl Carter Lester Jackson	4	13	1	2013-03-20	2013-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/c16bd938-dba7-4a94-8b40-d5027dcc1667	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	52fe0f94c3ae72e0c13989a2f7709d3345735eb82bc317d5bb348d13b0679922	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 256 (2013_14) — Magistrate Court of Chatham County; provide chief magistrate shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide that the chief magistrate of Chatham County shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates; 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 21 2205 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 256 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 256/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-20 Senate Hopper
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Act 77 executive-signature
• 2013-04-24 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c16bd938-dba7-4a94-8b40-d5027dcc1667. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).