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type: "Bill"
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title: "Griffin Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Griffin Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judges; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judges to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties included in such circuit; to declare inherent authority; 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 28"
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citation: "Georgia HB 28 (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: ["David Knight", "David Stover", "Debra Bazemore", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Ken Pullin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e810ce7-2aa5-4204-bafc-027642725937"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6178d908a31e6607cf42b16af1de3b311fd5c8b8f414c87ef9d1c057368046b7"
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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 28 (2019_20) — Griffin Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior courts of the Griffin Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judges; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judges to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties included in such circuit; to declare inherent authority; 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 28/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185042.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 8998/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179571.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- David Stover — primary (person)
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- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
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- Ken Pullin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-14** 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 153 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** 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/9e810ce7-2aa5-4204-bafc-027642725937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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