republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-506.md

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Bill	Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend a general Act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 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 terms of office; to provide for filling vacancies in such office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 506	Georgia HB 506 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Calvin Smyre Carolyn Hugley John Pezold Richard Smith	2	17	1	2013-02-27	2014-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/365aff63-b9f9-4eb4-9f44-e36f411384ba	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cb8e43ce0c19b7e8a68a6cf6da6c5074e91f546cb2a3af74f66df1e1a929ebe1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 506 (2013_14) — Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit; provide for selection of chief judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend a general Act entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, 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 terms of office; to provide for filling vacancies in such office; 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 506/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 2152/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• John Pezold — primary (person)
• Richard Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-27 House Hopper
• 2013-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-07 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 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
• 2013-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 293 executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/365aff63-b9f9-4eb4-9f44-e36f411384ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).