republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-66.md

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Bill	Superior Courts; Atlantic Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide	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 additional judge of the superior courts of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 66	Georgia SB 66 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman Blake Tillery John F. Kennedy Mike Hodges Steve Gooch	4	20	3	2023-02-01	2023-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f3e2f90d-a529-4494-9584-e163980187da	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	932ac0d43554ee7b07fa055706858cc89a3f27010194be590c2bbd4a01fa5aaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 66 (2023_24) — Superior Courts; Atlantic Judicial Circuit; additional judge; provide

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 additional judge of the superior courts of the Atlantic Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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. As introduced LC 44 2215 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 2381S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 66/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #173 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 56–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #310 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #281 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-01 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2023-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Act 76 executive-signature
• 2023-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3e2f90d-a529-4494-9584-e163980187da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).