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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cherokee County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Cherokee County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 582"
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citation: "Georgia HB 582 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "John Carson", "Mandi Ballinger", "Wes Cantrell"]
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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: "2021-02-22"
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last_action: "2021-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/545eb834-e3ab-4e01-b181-5f456ed16745"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "778f750636dd81193a285c91f2a2a4c1f77a3bfd76b357c8fe40e1e50afdb5a3"
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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 582 (2021_22) — Cherokee County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Cherokee County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 582/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201148.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 0302/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198376.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198389.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **119–46** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** Act 64 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-03** 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/545eb834-e3ab-4e01-b181-5f456ed16745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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