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Bill Alapaha Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for an additional 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 additional judge of the superior courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment and term of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 55 Georgia HB 55 (2025_26)
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Chuck Efstration
Jaclyn Ford
James Burchett
John Corbett
Stan Gunter
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Georgia HB 55 (2025_26) — Alapaha Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for an additional 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 additional judge of the superior courts of the Alapaha Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment and term of such additional judge by the Governor; 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. HB 55/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 44 2914/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 48 1425S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 48 1425S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 44 3067S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #254 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 511 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #314 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1660 (pass) · lower
  • House Vote #27 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1661 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chas Cannon — primary (person)
  • Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
  • Jaclyn Ford — primary (person)
  • James Burchett — primary (person)
  • John Corbett — primary (person)
  • Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-14 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-01-15 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-01-16 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-01-30 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2025-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2025-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2025-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2025-03-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Act 171 executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11ee0f06-933f-4f38-af20-e0112c01d0bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).