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type: "Bill"
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title: "Macon County; probate court judge shall also serve as chief magistrate judge; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Macon County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Macon County on and after January 1, 2017; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; 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 794"
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citation: "Georgia HB 794 (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: ["Patty Bentley"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-20"
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last_action: "2016-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d2abc0e-f438-470a-ad82-e006448021e6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bc25f42a9c2674c4206bee9168b848b9e17046c51fd9adb2955707b87c65d67e"
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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 794 (2015_16) — Macon County; probate court judge shall also serve as chief magistrate judge; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Macon County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Macon County on and after January 1, 2017; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; 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 794/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156319.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 7786/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154868.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **154–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-20** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-01-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-01-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-01-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-03-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-03-02** Act 315 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-03-02** 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/3d2abc0e-f438-470a-ad82-e006448021e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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