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type: "Bill"
title: "Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; chief judge; provide for designation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the designation of the chief judge of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; to provide for terms of office; to provide for filling vacancies in such office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1578"
citation: "Georgia HB 1578 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Dave Belton", "Mack Jackson", "Rick Williams", "Susan Holmes", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-18"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e17f37-5c5d-4526-85e4-677c4707e387"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "22c3949783bf3b18431bd20d338811c66060425bc4e4c6561ec0266773e25024"
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 HB 1578 (2021_22) — Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; chief judge; provide for designation
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the designation of the chief judge of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit; to provide for terms of office; to provide for filling vacancies in such office; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 1578/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210985.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2031/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209843.pdf)
3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209849.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **153–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
- Susan Holmes — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-18** House Hopper
- **2022-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 685 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67e17f37-5c5d-4526-85e4-677c4707e387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).