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type: "Bill"
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title: "Putnam County; Magistrate Court; revise number, manner of selection, and compensation of the judges"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the Magistrate Court of Putnam County, approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4159), so as to revise the number, manner of selection, and compensation of the judges of the magistrate court; to authorize up to two other part-time magistrates; to provide for conditions; 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 304"
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citation: "Georgia HB 304 (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: ["Rick Williams", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-14"
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last_action: "2019-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f511ff13-8697-454f-9993-d756140968ea"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f5c708450528502774053a107c4603b3970d0bf0ba63b5f38cd68a3adac32be2"
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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 304 (2019_20) — Putnam County; Magistrate Court; revise number, manner of selection, and compensation of the judges
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for the Magistrate Court of Putnam County, approved March 12, 1984 (Ga. L. 1984, p. 3788), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4159), so as to revise the number, manner of selection, and compensation of the judges of the magistrate court; to authorize up to two other part-time magistrates; to provide for conditions; 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 304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183197.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1684/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181460.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181476.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-02** Act 12 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-02** 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/f511ff13-8697-454f-9993-d756140968ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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