republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-243.md

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Bill	Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide eighth judge	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 eighth judge of the superior courts of the Coweta Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 243	Georgia HB 243 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	David Huddleston David Jenkins Debbie Buckner J Collins Lynn Smith Mandisha Thomas Tyler Paul Smith	5	16	3	2023-02-06	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/095d80a6-5c04-47a0-908a-c82a041f1eb6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e98d93781e9c98c4860fff949550805530b2d8f6c08c2538b6b73270a24ed6c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 243 (2023_24) — Coweta Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide eighth judge

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 eighth judge of the superior courts of the Coweta 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. HB 243/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2227/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 2273S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 2273S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 44 2362S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #353 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #277 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #51 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Huddleston — primary (person)
• David Jenkins — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• J Collins — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Act 62 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/095d80a6-5c04-47a0-908a-c82a041f1eb6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).