republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1021.md

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Bill	Spalding County; State Court; provide election of county solicitor	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Spalding County, formerly known as the City Court of Griffin, approved December 14, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 462), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4527), so as to provide for the election of the county solicitor; to specify the requirements for holding the office of the county solicitor; to establish the office of the county solicitor as a full-time position; to designate the salary of the office of the county solicitor; to authorize the appointment of assistant county solicitors; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1021	Georgia HB 1021 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	David Knight John Yates	2	13	1	2016-02-16	2017-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/671a8cf7-c960-4d49-9974-6c5818717ce2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cbade2b94ba5a4463ed7562ae0340760fad88fd16cb7a12c2bc8be92323378a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1021 (2015_16) — Spalding County; State Court; provide election of county solicitor

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Spalding County, formerly known as the City Court of Griffin, approved December 14, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 462), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4527), so as to provide for the election of the county solicitor; to specify the requirements for holding the office of the county solicitor; to establish the office of the county solicitor as a full-time position; to designate the salary of the office of the county solicitor; to authorize the appointment of assistant county solicitors; to provide for related matters; to provide 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. HB 1021/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 0021/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 148–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Knight — primary (person)
• John Yates — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16 House Hopper
• 2016-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 552 executive-signature
• 2017-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/671a8cf7-c960-4d49-9974-6c5818717ce2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).