republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-786.md

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Bill	Superior courts; additional judge of the Flint Judicial Circuit; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 786	Georgia HB 786 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Demetrius Douglas El-Mahdi Holly Karen Mathiak Roger Rutledge Sandra Scott	7	18	1	2020-01-16	2020-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/2bda00d1-0932-4c46-97a7-0a8a68f7b4aa	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ec7bf15205657787f7a4d529d59585f48882c4a1960d3e4a53a6c2af2d29d295	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 786 (2019_20) — Superior courts; additional judge of the Flint Judicial Circuit; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Flint Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 786/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 2185/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 2279S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 2279S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB786 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 48 0216S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0521 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
• El-Mahdi Holly — primary (person)
• Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
• Sandra Scott — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 House Hopper
• 2020-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-24 Senate Tabled
• 2020-06-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2020-06-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-06-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 493 executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bda00d1-0932-4c46-97a7-0a8a68f7b4aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).