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type: "Bill"
title: "Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Georgia HB 21 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Rich", "Chuck Efstration", "Dar'shun Kendrick", "David Clark", "Pedro Marin", "Sam Park"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/061e3f32-89fa-48cc-a6e9-ef87ff8e37f0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bffbb17dfd653bb818d06058e1b2b3184a0ffdf5ed1ec51bc39ed1d32bfccdae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 21 (2019_20) — Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 21/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185040.pdf)
2. **LC 28 8968/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179467.pdf)
3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 28 1731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184656.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **157–11** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Pedro Marin — primary (person)
- Sam Park — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-15** House Hopper
- **2019-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Act 5 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/061e3f32-89fa-48cc-a6e9-ef87ff8e37f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).