Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-808.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

87 lines
5.0 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; Judicial Qualifications Commission; create"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to courts, so as to create a new Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide for the powers, composition, and appointment of such commission; to amend Code Section 50-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain proceedings exempted from open meetings requirements, so as to remove any exemptions for meetings of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide effective dates; to provide for contingent automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 808"
citation: "Georgia HB 808 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jan Jones", "John Meadows", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Jon Burns", "Mary Oliver", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-22"
last_action: "2017-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cea0fac-02a7-45b9-874e-3719bc927d09"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f6cebbe8586628296b6664c8d80679103e36e8398b9744b911a2098edf3ce0a4"
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 HB 808 (2015_16) — Courts; Judicial Qualifications Commission; create
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to courts, so as to create a new Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide for the powers, composition, and appointment of such commission; to amend Code Section 50-14-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain proceedings exempted from open meetings requirements, so as to remove any exemptions for meetings of the Judicial Qualifications Commission; to provide effective dates; to provide for contingent automatic repeal; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 29 2567** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162238.pdf)
2. **HB 808/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162247.pdf)
3. **LC 25 6560/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155237.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6943S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158216.pdf)
5. **LC 29 6943S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157431.pdf)
6. **SCSFA to HB808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161486.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor AM 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161472.pdf)
8. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 8079S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160730.pdf)
9. **Sen floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161481.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **12345** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
- **2016-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2016-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 605 `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cea0fac-02a7-45b9-874e-3719bc927d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).