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type: "Bill"
title: "Athens-Clarke County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Athens-Clarke County shall be nonpartisan elections held at the time of certain general primary elections; to provide for submission of this Act under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 253"
citation: "Georgia HB 253 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Williams", "Regina Quick", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-07"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59ea42e3-5116-462d-a2f2-cce078c8af9d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cb3542d3d8f88e90c7ffa1d0f4541561cf6084b2694bb44060eeda84bc8b4e06"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 253 (2013_14) — Athens-Clarke County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Athens-Clarke County shall be nonpartisan elections held at the time of certain general primary elections; to provide for submission of this Act under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 253/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135547.pdf)
2. **LC 21 1920/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130119.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **13424** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-07** House Hopper
- **2013-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 48 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59ea42e3-5116-462d-a2f2-cce078c8af9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).