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type: "Bill"
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title: "Superior courts; fifth judge of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fifth judge of the superior courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 138"
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citation: "Georgia HB 138 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Timothy Barr"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-25"
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last_action: "2018-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ef311b-8041-4a47-8d11-e3526d5ad2c6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "79f7c871d1b5588d7e6cedca2739e9a1bcdf956499562480f23fe25e46083069"
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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 138 (2017_18) — Superior courts; fifth judge of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fifth judge of the superior courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-25** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-17** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-01** Act 56 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-01-01** 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/60ef311b-8041-4a47-8d11-e3526d5ad2c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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