republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-722.md

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Bill	Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 3851), so as to provide for a chief judge; to provide for an associate judge; to provide for the initial appointment of such associate judge by the Governor; to provide for the elections and terms of office of the judges of the court; to provide for compensation of the associate judge; to provide an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 722	Georgia HB 722 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Jesse Petrea Lehman Franklin Ron Stephens	3	13	2	2025-03-04	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fecf57d6-acf1-4c7b-8757-dabc24ab67fb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	060bb848613a9bd68e7d77497655298e4883eeeea7dca4010fa5f8b1fafc8465	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 722 (2025_26) — Bryan County; State Court; provide for a chief judge and an associate judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Bryan County (formerly the City Court of Pembroke), approved January 10, 1938 (Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 714), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 3851), so as to provide for a chief judge; to provide for an associate judge; to provide for the initial appointment of such associate judge by the Governor; to provide for the elections and terms of office of the judges of the court; to provide for compensation of the associate judge; to provide an effective date and applicability; 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 722/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 62 0117/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #273 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-04 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 60 executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fecf57d6-acf1-4c7b-8757-dabc24ab67fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).