republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-625.md

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Bill	Fulton County; State Court; provide additional judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a State Court of Fulton County by consolidation of the existing Civil Court of Fulton County and the Criminal Court of Fulton County, approved March 24, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3023), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3944), and by an Act approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3518), so as to provide an additional judge for the State Court of Fulton County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 625	Georgia HB 625 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Betsy Holland Bryce Berry Deborah Silcox Esther Panitch Kim Schofield Phil Olaleye	3	13	2	2025-02-26	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/20161c3b-13c9-4513-9aef-c849a3c87395	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5165e9d8e69725e18fb32454435de14c526f7a55d000cd730bbd6bfa3791c07b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 625 (2025_26) — Fulton County; State Court; provide additional judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a State Court of Fulton County by consolidation of the existing Civil Court of Fulton County and the Criminal Court of Fulton County, approved March 24, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3023), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3944), and by an Act approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3518), so as to provide an additional judge for the State Court of Fulton County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; 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 625/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3315/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Betsy Holland — primary (person)
• Bryce Berry — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Esther Panitch — primary (person)
• Kim Schofield — primary (person)
• Phil Olaleye — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-26 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 208 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20161c3b-13c9-4513-9aef-c849a3c87395. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).