republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-395.md

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Bill	Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; 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 a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 395	Georgia SB 395 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bo Hatchett	3	15	1	2022-01-26	2022-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	72e959b94f8a7c7d23c5d5ee88e55703c2730f267072b0cb51ece33c985bcdf0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 395 (2021_22) — Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; 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 a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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 49 0737 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 395/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-26 Senate Hopper
• 2022-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-17 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-02-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-02 Act 792 executive-signature
• 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).