republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-639.md

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Bill	Pickens County; Magistrate Court; clerk; appointed by and serve at pleasure of chief magistrate	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the clerk of the Magistrate Court of Pickens County shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the chief magistrate; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 639	Georgia HB 639 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Rick Jasperse	2	12	1	2015-03-20	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d2c8b304-b4e2-481b-b448-5ddd4193d46b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bb909692ef18d7db9003b1249e1863a5e36542321f6efddb07217b9f450f1ed5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 639 (2015_16) — Pickens County; Magistrate Court; clerk; appointed by and serve at pleasure of chief magistrate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the clerk of the Magistrate Court of Pickens County shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the chief magistrate; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent 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 639/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3710/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 152–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-20 House Hopper
• 2015-03-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 278 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2c8b304-b4e2-481b-b448-5ddd4193d46b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).