republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hr-1113.md

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Bill	Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA	A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; to require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HR 1113	Georgia HR 1113 (2015_16)	resolution		enacted	Jan Jones John Meadows Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. Jon Burns Mary Oliver Wendell Willard	8	20	1	2016-01-22	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/abea7824-107b-4fa5-9f23-46e4015200fb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	368ace5cdc907865a16d1d1e1f760e9c87847940ee7946e357b2a8b73f27b992	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HR 1113 (2015_16) — Judicial Qualifications Commission; create - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; to require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HR 1113/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 25 6559/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6944S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6944S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HR 1113 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen ctee sub LC 29 7069S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPT — 125–43 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• John Meadows — primary (person)
• Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-22 House Hopper
• 2016-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Lost failure, reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Reconsidered
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-22 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 537 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abea7824-107b-4fa5-9f23-46e4015200fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).