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type: "Bill"
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title: "Municipal courts; removal of appointed judges under certain circumstances; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts generally, so as to provide the removal of appointed municipal court judges under certain circumstances; to provide for procedure; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 691"
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citation: "Georgia HB 691 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Kevin Tanner", "Rich Golick", "Wendell Willard"]
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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: "2015-03-31"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bafd9cf-2855-45a1-9a02-58e3c6afad5c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "26d27a40d3d8c1e1d50e8424ee3b4acaecdb3c3389d3d153b1e90917e54201aa"
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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 HB 691 (2015_16) — Municipal courts; removal of appointed judges under certain circumstances; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 32 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to municipal courts generally, so as to provide the removal of appointed municipal court judges under certain circumstances; to provide for procedure; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 691/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161641.pdf)
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2. **LC 29 6667ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153063.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6852ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156416.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6852ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156052.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7077ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159889.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **155–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Rich Golick — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-31** House Hopper
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- **2015-04-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 433 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/4bafd9cf-2855-45a1-9a02-58e3c6afad5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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