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Bill	Ware County; superior court clerk shall also be state court clerk; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Ware County, formerly the City Court of Waycross, approved December 11, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 510), as amended, particularly by an Act approved July 30, 1903 (Ga. L. 1903, p. 171), so as to provide that the clerk of the superior court of Ware County shall also be the clerk of the state court of Ware County; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 640	Georgia HB 640 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	James Burchett John Corbett Steven Sainz	3	14	1	2019-03-18	2020-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ad310ec9-449a-44f3-b30d-dce112d7601a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	863448f2d5c759c00f5bff38b523f13ee30a317791df1ec31b102fa403a4bacb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 640 (2019_20) — Ware County; superior court clerk shall also be state court clerk; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Ware County, formerly the City Court of Waycross, approved December 11, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 510), as amended, particularly by an Act approved July 30, 1903 (Ga. L. 1903, p. 171), so as to provide that the clerk of the superior court of Ware County shall also be the clerk of the state court of Ware County; 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.

1. HB 640/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 1222/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• James Burchett — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-18 House Hopper
• 2019-03-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-25 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2019-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 162 executive-signature
• 2020-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad310ec9-449a-44f3-b30d-dce112d7601a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).