republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-456.md

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Bill	Local government; increase term for municipal court judges from one year to two years; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding municipal courts, so as to increase the term for municipal court judges from one year to two years unless otherwise provided for in a municipality's charter; to provide for removal of municipal court judges for breach of contract; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 456	Georgia HB 456 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Deborah Silcox Eddie Lumsden J Collins Mitchell Scoggins Stan Gunter	6	18	3	2023-02-16	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/817dbf39-fa49-4cb1-a617-ec4f708c4d4b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6c8f82576f44992f3aa8d63378e5c227aacbd81a8b00a360073d43da633ff61c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 456 (2023_24) — Local government; increase term for municipal court judges from one year to two years; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding municipal courts, so as to increase the term for municipal court judges from one year to two years unless otherwise provided for in a municipality's charter; to provide for removal of municipal court judges for breach of contract; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 456/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1036S/hs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1059S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1059S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 1282/a (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee sub LC 49 1883S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #795 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #694 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #428 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• J Collins — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 575 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/817dbf39-fa49-4cb1-a617-ec4f708c4d4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).