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type: "Bill"
title: "Lowndes County; judge of Small Claims Court shall be magistrate judge elected on nonpartisan basis; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court for Lowndes County, approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3197), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2736), so as to provide that the judge of the Small Claims Court for Lowndes County shall be the magistrate judge and shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis; to provided for related matters; to provide for submission of this Act under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 329"
citation: "Georgia HB 329 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Dexter Sharper", "Ellis Black", "Jason Shaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/145d4f9b-4a76-4e79-8b32-2170a78ba506"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "59de5bf0a76f4da57f9de821938c134ca888e7f6e460ee1eeb1c73df85e58068"
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 329 (2013_14) — Lowndes County; judge of Small Claims Court shall be magistrate judge elected on nonpartisan basis; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court for Lowndes County, approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3197), as amended by an Act approved February 18, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 2736), so as to provide that the judge of the Small Claims Court for Lowndes County shall be the magistrate judge and shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis; to provided for related matters; to provide for submission of this Act under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 329/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133586.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2732/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130669.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **13329** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Dexter Sharper — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-12** House Hopper
- **2013-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-04** 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 73 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/145d4f9b-4a76-4e79-8b32-2170a78ba506`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).