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type: "Bill"
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title: "Charlton County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Charlton County, who also serves as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Charlton County, shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 169"
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citation: "Georgia HB 169 (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: ["Jason Spencer", "John Corbett"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-30"
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last_action: "2018-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/233edc51-ee8f-4904-8093-2b3bc38e04ba"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e7fb9d1ed2f8bb69bbb7a1037c0550b6b06d1aa748cb702014fd8b48a22eaf8a"
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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 169 (2017_18) — Charlton County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Charlton County, who also serves as chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Charlton County, shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 — **149–12** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Spencer — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-30** House Hopper
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- **2017-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-03** 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 61 `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/233edc51-ee8f-4904-8093-2b3bc38e04ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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