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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Oconee Judicial Circuit; provide for additional judge"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 451"
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citation: "Georgia HB 451 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Calvin Smyre", "Carolyn Hugley", "John Pezold", "Richard Smith", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-21"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1059cd24-6980-439c-98cd-09c5486a296d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f00ae1067b371939ca675019ec670c3b1b8739d2a9e6f14a152a9042b5d693a7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 451 (2013_14) — Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; Oconee Judicial Circuit; provide for additional judge
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 451/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137098.pdf)
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2. **HB 451/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133380.pdf)
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3. **LC 21 2149/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131920.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 5560S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132549.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
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- John Pezold — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-21** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 177 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1059cd24-6980-439c-98cd-09c5486a296d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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