republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-992.md

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Bill	Houston Judicial Circuit; provide for 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 Houston Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of such circuit to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to provide for the manner of impaneling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authorities of the counties comprising the Houston Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; 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 992	Georgia HB 992 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bethany Ballard Noel Williams, Jr. Robert Dickey Shaw Blackmon	2	15	2	2024-01-23	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/43a8ef60-7528-42d9-97df-25ca71c82936	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	88dfe6afc45056e467b3ad4eb57a04468fc91558e021bdb87ed72e57a5d9a3ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 992 (2023_24) — Houston Judicial Circuit; provide for 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 Houston Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of such circuit to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to provide for the manner of impaneling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authorities of the counties comprising the Houston Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; 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. HB 992/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1078/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #431 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #772 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-23 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 401 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43a8ef60-7528-42d9-97df-25ca71c82936. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).