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type: "Bill"
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title: "Council of Magistrate Court Judges; organization and provide for officers; increase authority"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to increase the authority by which the Council of Magistrate Court Judges can organize itself and provide for officers; to remove outdated provisions; to revise the bond amount required for each magistrate; to revise qualifications of magistrates; to provide for related matters; to repeal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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 257"
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citation: "Georgia HB 257 (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: ["Barry Fleming", "Deborah Silcox", "Katie Dempsey", "Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-11"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a6f9662-8781-4547-b025-8540efb7dc7d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c2c9f5f5aaad0c9313382cb066d6794490d3752d8e447e1d3c6585bcede19ffa"
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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 257 (2019_20) — Council of Magistrate Court Judges; organization and provide for officers; increase authority
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to increase the authority by which the Council of Magistrate Court Judges can organize itself and provide for officers; to remove outdated provisions; to revise the bond amount required for each magistrate; to revise qualifications of magistrates; 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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1. **HB 257/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187020.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1782/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181091.pdf)
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3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186419.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-01** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 227 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/6a6f9662-8781-4547-b025-8540efb7dc7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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