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type: "Bill"
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title: "Magistrate Court of Chatham County; provide chief magistrate shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide that the chief magistrate of Chatham County shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates; 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 256"
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citation: "Georgia SB 256 (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: ["Earl Carter", "Lester Jackson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-03-20"
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last_action: "2013-04-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c16bd938-dba7-4a94-8b40-d5027dcc1667"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "52fe0f94c3ae72e0c13989a2f7709d3345735eb82bc317d5bb348d13b0679922"
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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 256 (2013_14) — Magistrate Court of Chatham County; provide chief magistrate shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide that the chief magistrate of Chatham County shall appoint any pro tempore magistrates; 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 21 2205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134798.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135564.pdf)
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3. **SB 256 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137211.pdf)
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4. **SB 256/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136976.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Earl Carter — primary (person)
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- Lester 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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- **2013-03-20** Senate Hopper
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- **2013-03-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-03-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-24** Act 77 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-04-24** 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/c16bd938-dba7-4a94-8b40-d5027dcc1667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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