republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-105.md

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Bill	Chatham County Magistrate Court; provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by Acts approved March 20, 1985 (Ga. L 1985, p. 4028), March 24, 1994 (Ga. L 1994, p. 3772), and March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County; to provide for the appointment of a third full-time magistrate by the Board of Commissioners; to provide for the election and appointment of successor magistrates; to provide for the appointment of pro tempore and part-time magistrates; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 105	Georgia SB 105 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Lester Jackson	4	14	1	2015-02-11	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/9530dd78-b108-4a44-a2a6-73a3ca247a49	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d95792669de3a6fd876f06584c5fbd33c9093acb1df65b65211328d19f1031a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 105 (2015_16) — Chatham County Magistrate Court; provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by Acts approved March 20, 1985 (Ga. L 1985, p. 4028), March 24, 1994 (Ga. L 1994, p. 3772), and March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County; to provide for the appointment of a third full-time magistrate by the Board of Commissioners; to provide for the election and appointment of successor magistrates; to provide for the appointment of pro tempore and part-time magistrates; to provide for an effective date; 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 39 0852 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 105 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 105/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lester Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-11 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-04-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-01-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-14 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-14 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-14 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2016-03-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 608 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9530dd78-b108-4a44-a2a6-73a3ca247a49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).