republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-434.md

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Bill	Magistrate Court of Bartow County; cost-of-living adjustments; chief magistrate compensation; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the compensation of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Bartow County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3817), so as to change provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments to the compensation of the chief magistrate; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 434	Georgia SB 434 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Chuck Hufstetler	4	13	1	2016-03-08	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/d12eea98-3b4f-4204-a547-c9babb330527	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	480c9a54122647550b62b1775f43a664840708e884f2e0ff137ef8a3bc5570cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 434 (2015_16) — Magistrate Court of Bartow County; cost-of-living adjustments; chief magistrate compensation; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the compensation of the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Bartow County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 28, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3817), so as to change provisions relating to cost-of-living adjustments to the compensation of the chief magistrate; 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 44 0139 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 434 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 434/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 50–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-08 Senate Hopper
• 2016-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 415 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d12eea98-3b4f-4204-a547-c9babb330527. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).