republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-794.md

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Bill	Macon County; probate court judge shall also serve as chief magistrate judge; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Macon County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Macon County on and after January 1, 2017; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 794	Georgia HB 794 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Patty Bentley	2	13	1	2016-01-20	2016-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/3d2abc0e-f438-470a-ad82-e006448021e6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bc25f42a9c2674c4206bee9168b848b9e17046c51fd9adb2955707b87c65d67e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 794 (2015_16) — Macon County; probate court judge shall also serve as chief magistrate judge; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Macon County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Macon County on and after January 1, 2017; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; 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. HB 794/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7786/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patty Bentley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-20 House Hopper
• 2016-01-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-01-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-03-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-03-02 Act 315 executive-signature
• 2016-03-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d2abc0e-f438-470a-ad82-e006448021e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).