republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-120.md

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Bill	Probate Courts; provide for prosecuting attorneys in counties where there is not state court	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate courts, so as to provide for prosecuting attorneys in probate courts in counties where there is no state court; to provide for the appointment, compensation, oath of office, duties, and authority of such prosecuting attorneys; to authorize the appointment of staff; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 120	Georgia SB 120 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Charlie Bethel Jesse Stone John Crosby William Jackson	5	16	1	2013-02-06	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/02e040a4-12fa-485b-9245-cbf5b9557bed	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	480610d160cea48542913d259658d21e99d1eb4c2ed4c5bb953effa423b7668b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 120 (2013_14) — Probate Courts; provide for prosecuting attorneys in counties where there is not state court

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate courts, so as to provide for prosecuting attorneys in probate courts in counties where there is no state court; to provide for the appointment, compensation, oath of office, duties, and authority of such prosecuting attorneys; to authorize the appointment of staff; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. As introduced LC 29 5437 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 29 5516S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5629ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 120/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Crosby — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 176 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02e040a4-12fa-485b-9245-cbf5b9557bed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).