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Bill	Lowndes County State Court; provide additional judge; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Lowndes County, approved December 11, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 176), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2332) and an Act approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3551), so as to provide an additional judge for said court; to provide for the initial appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election and terms of office for the judges of said court; to provide for a chief judge of said court; to provide for the compensation of the judges of said court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 986	Georgia HB 986 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Dexter Sharper Ellis Black Jason Shaw	4	16	1	2014-02-10	2014-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/6c00e283-7cfd-4e43-98a5-f35c20b6f816	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2b2e42ec5f503bab8bb0ae65cfe36d518dbe09283b672469997b53c5e4a22fb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 986 (2013_14) — Lowndes County State Court; provide additional judge; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Lowndes County, approved December 11, 1901 (Ga. L. 1901, p. 176), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 21, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2332) and an Act approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 3551), so as to provide an additional judge for said court; to provide for the initial appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election and terms of office for the judges of said court; to provide for a chief judge of said court; to provide for the compensation of the judges of said court; 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 986/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 0141/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 0201S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0201S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–5 (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.

• 2014-02-10 House Hopper
• 2014-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-17 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-19 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2014-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-16 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-16 Act 541 executive-signature
• 2014-04-16 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c00e283-7cfd-4e43-98a5-f35c20b6f816. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).