republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-341.md

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Bill	Probate Courts; clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; repeal a population provision	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-9-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judges of probate courts as clerks thereof, chief clerk, authority to appoint other clerks, and powers of appointed clerks, so as to repeal a population provision relative to a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; to provide for a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 341	Georgia SB 341 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Charlie Bethel Jesse Stone John Crosby William Ligon, Jr.	3	16	1	2014-02-03	2014-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f1664964-7a04-4e41-b2c1-7cf15d043112	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f4ab0ea9c91cde16d6ceb8d375561dee7366831eee17d35671683be04c31279e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 341 (2013_14) — Probate Courts; clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; repeal a population provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-9-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judges of probate courts as clerks thereof, chief clerk, authority to appoint other clerks, and powers of appointed clerks, so as to repeal a population provision relative to a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; to provide for a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; 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 29 5845 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 341/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 48–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Crosby — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-03 Senate Hopper
• 2014-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-18 House Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-03-20 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-21 Act 563 executive-signature
• 2014-04-21 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1664964-7a04-4e41-b2c1-7cf15d043112. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).