republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1071.md

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Bill	Terrell County; Probate Court judge also serves as chief magistrate judge of Magistrate Court; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Terrell County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Terrell County on and after January 1, 2025; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1071	Georgia HB 1071 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Mike Cheokas	3	13	2	2024-01-29	2024-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/a1fba24e-a9cf-4828-84e8-82713d318a73	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5b82c09c72ecc194fc17c0d4de8ac0287e3aadcf5b379208df952a774a56f1dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1071 (2023_24) — Terrell County; Probate Court judge also serves as chief magistrate judge of Magistrate Court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Terrell County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Terrell County on and after January 1, 2025; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; 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 1071/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2646/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #491 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #423 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-30 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-01 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-19 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-02-19 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-02-19 Act 363 executive-signature
• 2024-02-19 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1fba24e-a9cf-4828-84e8-82713d318a73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).