republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-443.md

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Bill	Fulton County Magistrate Court; successor to chief judge currently serving shall be appointed by Governor; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the appointment of magistrates in Fulton County, approved March 18, 1983 (Ga. L. 1983, p. 4373), as amended, so as to provide that the successor to the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Fulton County currently serving shall be appointed by the Governor; to provide that after one four-year term, the chief magistrate shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for the appointment of magistrates; to provide for the assignment of responsibilities; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 443	Georgia HB 443 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Edward Lindsey Harry Geisinger Jan Jones Lynne Riley Mike Dudgeon Wendell Willard	3	17	1	2013-02-21	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b54474ef-04c8-4f19-8f4d-645c3bf5f539	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	80f4b982339253b435da342441b7a1a8ac6019f10d4160a55aeb289856d90dbd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 443 (2013_14) — Fulton County Magistrate Court; successor to chief judge currently serving shall be appointed by Governor; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the appointment of magistrates in Fulton County, approved March 18, 1983 (Ga. L. 1983, p. 4373), as amended, so as to provide that the successor to the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Fulton County currently serving shall be appointed by the Governor; to provide that after one four-year term, the chief magistrate shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for the appointment of magistrates; to provide for the assignment of responsibilities; to provide for the filling of vacancies; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; 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 443/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 35 2902/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen floor amend 1 AM 35 0328 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Thomas-56th AM 35 0323 — 52–114 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Lynne Riley — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 House Hopper
• 2013-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-21 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-21 Senate Notice to Reconsider
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 283 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b54474ef-04c8-4f19-8f4d-645c3bf5f539. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).