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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chatham County Magistrate Court; provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by Acts approved March 20, 1985 (Ga. L 1985, p. 4028), March 24, 1994 (Ga. L 1994, p. 3772), and March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County; to provide for the appointment of a third full-time magistrate by the Board of Commissioners; to provide for the election and appointment of successor magistrates; to provide for the appointment of pro tempore and part-time magistrates; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 105"
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citation: "Georgia SB 105 (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: ["Lester Jackson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-11"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9530dd78-b108-4a44-a2a6-73a3ca247a49"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d95792669de3a6fd876f06584c5fbd33c9093acb1df65b65211328d19f1031a6"
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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 SB 105 (2015_16) — Chatham County Magistrate Court; provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act making provisions for the Magistrate Court of Chatham County and abolishing the Municipal Court of Savannah, approved March 21, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 4422), as amended, particularly by Acts approved March 20, 1985 (Ga. L 1985, p. 4028), March 24, 1994 (Ga. L 1994, p. 3772), and March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3751), so as to provide for two full-time magistrates for Chatham County; to provide for the appointment of a third full-time magistrate by the Board of Commissioners; to provide for the election and appointment of successor magistrates; to provide for the appointment of pro tempore and part-time magistrates; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 39 0852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147610.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153496.pdf)
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3. **SB 105 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148169.pdf)
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4. **SB 105/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160321.pdf)
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## Votes
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- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-11** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-01-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-14** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2016-03-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 608 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** 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/9530dd78-b108-4a44-a2a6-73a3ca247a49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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