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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cook County; Probate Court; judge shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases where defendant waives jury trial and pleads guilty; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Cook County shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases arising in the county where the defendant waives a jury trial and pleads guilty to such misdemeanor; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 573"
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citation: "Georgia HB 573 (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: ["Penny Houston"]
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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: "2017-03-10"
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last_action: "2017-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac16998e-6546-420b-88c8-340c16ebc3c2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ecbbe50f6ef81bd17e13d8c5509652de0719360c7c4d455cbdbc253604cacf66"
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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 573 (2017_18) — Cook County; Probate Court; judge shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases where defendant waives jury trial and pleads guilty; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Cook County shall have jurisdiction to try misdemeanor cases arising in the county where the defendant waives a jury trial and pleads guilty to such misdemeanor; 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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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-10** House Hopper
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- **2017-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-20** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-20** Act 21 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-20** 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/ac16998e-6546-420b-88c8-340c16ebc3c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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