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type: "Bill"
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title: "Probate Courts; provide for prosecuting attorneys in counties where there is not state court"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 120"
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citation: "Georgia SB 120 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Charlie Bethel", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-06"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02e040a4-12fa-485b-9245-cbf5b9557bed"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "480610d160cea48542913d259658d21e99d1eb4c2ed4c5bb953effa423b7668b"
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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 SB 120 (2013_14) — Probate Courts; provide for prosecuting attorneys in counties where there is not state court
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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.
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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. **As introduced LC 29 5437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129937.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132238.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 29 5516S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131673.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 5629ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134206.pdf)
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5. **SB 120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137146.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Crosby — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-06** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 176 `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/02e040a4-12fa-485b-9245-cbf5b9557bed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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