republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-145.md

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Bill	Augusta Judicial Circuit; a sixth judge of the superior courts; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a sixth judge of the superior courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to declare inherent authority; 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	SB 145	Georgia SB 145 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS	enacted	Harold Jones II Lee Anderson Max Burns	3	15	2	2025-02-11	2025-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e99b61b9-f01a-4e00-a6fc-c9f7844a3392	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3d6eef4d17ffb4adac9c6dc719087997283d60a3f7a4cf2bd5af96b821b364b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 145 (2025_26) — Augusta Judicial Circuit; a sixth judge of the superior courts; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a sixth judge of the superior courts of the Augusta Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to declare inherent authority; 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 47 3359 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 145/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #282 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #109 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-02-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Act 26 executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e99b61b9-f01a-4e00-a6fc-c9f7844a3392. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).