republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-804.md

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Bill	Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide	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 fifth judge of the superior courts of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; 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 804	Georgia HB 804 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Darryl Jordan Demetrius Douglas Mike Glanton Ronnie Mabra Sandra Scott Valencia Stovall	5	16	1	2016-01-21	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0aad33d5-cdf2-4f9d-a32b-8f0c75b4405c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9ed5665abc2c525ec5e933c987e75c0fd756d491db9566d1439418c6426dad3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 804 (2015_16) — Superior courts; fifth judge of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; provide

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 fifth judge of the superior courts of the Clayton Judicial Circuit; 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 804/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 36 2915/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 2939S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2939S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 36 3056S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darryl Jordan — primary (person)
• Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
• Mike Glanton — primary (person)
• Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
• Sandra Scott — primary (person)
• Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-21 House Hopper
• 2016-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 349 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0aad33d5-cdf2-4f9d-a32b-8f0c75b4405c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).