republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-52.md

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Bill	Clay County; judge of Probate Court shall also serve as magistrate of the Magistrate Court; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court in Clay County, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3545), so as to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Clay County shall also serve as the magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Clay County on or after January 1, 2021, or upon vacancy of the office of the magistrate, whichever occurs first; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current magistrate; to provide for the compensation of such judge for service as magistrate; to provide for nonpartisan elections to the combined position of probate judge and chief magistrate; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 52	Georgia HB 52 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Gerald Greene	3	13	1	2019-01-28	2019-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/05f0498d-837e-4cd2-b163-981bc105f125	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f466a86d4bd1b20ba8cefb18ac83855760223fbdb397b874bf70c614af962b26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 52 (2019_20) — Clay County; judge of Probate Court shall also serve as magistrate of the Magistrate Court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court in Clay County, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3545), so as to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Clay County shall also serve as the magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Clay County on or after January 1, 2021, or upon vacancy of the office of the magistrate, whichever occurs first; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current magistrate; to provide for the compensation of such judge for service as magistrate; to provide for nonpartisan elections to the combined position of probate judge and 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. HB 52/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0158/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without — 155–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gerald Greene — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 House Hopper
• 2019-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-02-06 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Act 8 executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05f0498d-837e-4cd2-b163-981bc105f125. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).