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Bill	Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Oconee Judicial Circuit; provide for additional judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of superior court judges for each judicial circuit, so as to provide for an additional judge of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit and the Oconee Judicial Circuit; to provide for the initial appointment of such judges by the Governor; to provide for the election and terms of office of such judges; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the superior courts," approved March 27, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 205), so as to provide for the selection of the chief judge of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 451	Georgia HB 451 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Calvin Smyre Carolyn Hugley John Pezold Richard Smith Wendell Willard	4	17	1	2013-02-21	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/1059cd24-6980-439c-98cd-09c5486a296d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f00ae1067b371939ca675019ec670c3b1b8739d2a9e6f14a152a9042b5d693a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 451 (2013_14) — Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Oconee Judicial Circuit; provide for additional judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of superior court judges for each judicial circuit, so as to provide for an additional judge of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit and the Oconee Judicial Circuit; to provide for the initial appointment of such judges by the Governor; to provide for the election and terms of office of such judges; to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the superior courts," approved March 27, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 205), so as to provide for the selection of the chief judge of the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; 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. HB 451/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 451/CSFA (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 21 2149/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5560S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• John Pezold — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — 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
• 2013-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 177 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1059cd24-6980-439c-98cd-09c5486a296d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).