republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-111.md

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Bill	Magistrate Court of Dooly County; judge of the Probate Court of Dooly County shall also serve as the chief magistrate; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Dooly County shall also serve as the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Dooly County on or after January 1, 2021, or upon vacancy of the office of chief magistrate, whichever occurs first; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate; to provide for the compensation of such judge for service as chief magistrate; to provide for nonpartisan elections to the combined position of probate judge and chief magistrate; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 111	Georgia SB 111 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Greg Kirk	4	13	1	2019-02-15	2019-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/ebbd7427-5a14-400c-a5d2-4288a11b9d34	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3d5b567f92a519ff39bb1ed58829113ec305425b6112ffe7b66785ca89de2aea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 111 (2019_20) — Magistrate Court of Dooly County; judge of the Probate Court of Dooly County shall also serve as the chief magistrate; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Dooly County shall also serve as the chief magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Dooly County on or after January 1, 2021, or upon vacancy of the office of chief magistrate, whichever occurs first; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate; to provide for the compensation of such judge for service as chief magistrate; to provide for nonpartisan elections to the combined position of probate judge and chief magistrate; 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. As introduced LC 45 0153ER (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 111 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB111/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greg Kirk — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-15 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 193 executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebbd7427-5a14-400c-a5d2-4288a11b9d34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).