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type: "Bill"
title: "Probate Courts; clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; repeal a population provision"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-9-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judges of probate courts as clerks thereof, chief clerk, authority to appoint other clerks, and powers of appointed clerks, so as to repeal a population provision relative to a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; to provide for a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 341"
citation: "Georgia SB 341 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charlie Bethel", "Jesse Stone", "John Crosby", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1664964-7a04-4e41-b2c1-7cf15d043112"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f4ab0ea9c91cde16d6ceb8d375561dee7366831eee17d35671683be04c31279e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 341 (2013_14) — Probate Courts; clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; repeal a population provision
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-9-36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to judges of probate courts as clerks thereof, chief clerk, authority to appoint other clerks, and powers of appointed clerks, so as to repeal a population provision relative to a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; to provide for a clerk's authority to act on uncontested matters; 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. **As introduced LC 29 5845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138670.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140617.pdf)
3. **SB 341/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145099.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **484** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Crosby — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-03** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 563 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1664964-7a04-4e41-b2c1-7cf15d043112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).