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type: "Bill"
title: "Magistrate Court of Dooly County; judge of the Probate Court of Dooly County shall also serve as the chief magistrate; provide"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 111"
citation: "Georgia SB 111 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kirk"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbd7427-5a14-400c-a5d2-4288a11b9d34"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3d5b567f92a519ff39bb1ed58829113ec305425b6112ffe7b66785ca89de2aea"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181566.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182040.pdf)
3. **SB 111 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181567.pdf)
4. **SB111/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184630.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **510** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebbd7427-5a14-400c-a5d2-4288a11b9d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).