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Bill	Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia	A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; to provide for the transfer of certain funds from the Augusta Judicial Circuit to the Columbia Judicial Circuit; to provide for and allocate circuit-wide costs and expenditures; to conform the county salary supplements for the judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding the superior courts, so as to revise the composition and terms of court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 9	Georgia SB 9 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Brian Strickland Butch Miller Jeff Mullis John Kennedy Lee Anderson Max Burns	7	19	1	2021-01-13	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4019c78b-488b-4def-9034-d118f0a4d019	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	73346be2dd6aa3e5b2a71cb603d2926dc559b33775f7545dfd271d43bcd93b14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 9 (2021_22) — Courts; the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia, to be known as the Columbia Judicial Circuit and to be composed of Columbia County; to provide for the transfer of certain funds from the Augusta Judicial Circuit to the Columbia Judicial Circuit; to provide for and allocate circuit-wide costs and expenditures; to conform the county salary supplements for the judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding the superior courts, so as to revise the composition and terms of court of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; 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 41 2749 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 2802S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 41 3086S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 9/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Senate Hopper
• 2021-01-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-01-29 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-22 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-03-22 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-03-24 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-03-25 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-03-25 Act 7 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4019c78b-488b-4def-9034-d118f0a4d019. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).