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type: "Bill"
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title: "Berrien County; Magistrate Court; provide for election of future chief magistrates"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to change provisions relating to the Magistrate Court of Berrien County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3721), as amended, so as to provide for the election of future chief magistrates; to provide for the filling of vacancies; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 1148"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1148 (2019_20)"
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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: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-03-10"
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last_action: "2020-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5abe4d-86ef-46c4-9bab-002fd2fa0046"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "70746401acad1f6c7ce243d8d13e35a68cfea381d4957e7c3e91e323ffadb1c6"
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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 1148 (2019_20) — Berrien County; Magistrate Court; provide for election of future chief magistrates
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to change provisions relating to the Magistrate Court of Berrien County, approved March 18, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 3721), as amended, so as to provide for the election of future chief magistrates; to provide for the filling of vacancies; 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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1. **HB 1148/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195333.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0406/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192769.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 0534S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194082.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 0534S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193791.pdf)
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5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192794.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **100–57** (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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- **2020-03-10** House Hopper
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- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-20** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-22** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-29** Act 345 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-01** 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/dc5abe4d-86ef-46c4-9bab-002fd2fa0046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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