republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-77.md

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Bill	Dougherty Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide for a fourth 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 a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Dougherty Judicial Circuit; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 77	Georgia HB 77 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Yearta David Sampson Gerald Greene Mike Cheokas	6	17	4	2023-01-25	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c4e08a54-8f9d-4c79-a29b-29be3da3611b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	23350943990922a57b068b0b4c8b954a1de25637be1e9b86b71ae79ec47a5efc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 77 (2023_24) — Dougherty Judicial Circuit; superior court; provide for a fourth 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 a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Dougherty Judicial Circuit; 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. Floor Amendment AM 49 0119 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 77/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 2190/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 49 1198S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 1198S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #329 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #233 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #24 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #355 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Yearta — primary (person)
• David Sampson — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Mike Cheokas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-02-08 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-02-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2023-03-27 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2023-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Act 58 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4e08a54-8f9d-4c79-a29b-29be3da3611b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).