republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-589.md

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Bill	Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, approved February 9, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3732), so as to change the compensation of the judge of the probate court; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 589	Georgia HB 589 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bert Reeves David Wilkerson John Carson Michael Smith Rich Golick Stacey Evans	4	13	1	2015-03-11	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c82d9d9e-c449-40e8-818c-965937ac7fd6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	00914128731dcdaf3b102abeada5cb1eb8362de7e8135962824f68cc1c4bafe3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 589 (2015_16) — Cobb County; Probate Court; change compensation of judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act changing the compensation of the clerk of the superior court, the sheriff, and the judge of the Probate Court of Cobb County from the fee system to the salary system, approved February 9, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 427), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3732), so as to change the compensation of the judge of the probate court; 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 589/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3704/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 21 3789S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 21 3789S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• David Wilkerson — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Michael Smith — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-11 House Hopper
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-19 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 261 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c82d9d9e-c449-40e8-818c-965937ac7fd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).