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type: "Bill"
title: "State Court of Houston County; location of state court; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish the State Court of Houston County, approved February 28, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 2584), as amended, so as to provide for the location of the state court; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "Georgia SB 389 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Lucas", "John Kennedy", "Lawrence Walker III"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ba43178-640e-4fcb-b6ea-fe5bcd5fbe65"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8018dfaa6b2210273169716b2f7f1212245539dddf4145e5d8a886aeaf32731"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 389 (2017_18) — State Court of Houston County; location of state court; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create and establish the State Court of Houston County, approved February 28, 1975 (Ga. L. 1975, p. 2584), as amended, so as to provide for the location of the state court; to provide for related matters; to provide 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.
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **520** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-06** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 360 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ba43178-640e-4fcb-b6ea-fe5bcd5fbe65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).