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type: "Bill"
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title: "South Georgia Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 624"
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citation: "Georgia HB 624 (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: ["Darlene Taylor", "Gerald Greene", "Joe Campbell", "Winfred Dukes"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2022-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c7c57d8-9568-4b70-b807-b1b9cc0bed8b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e1ba1886672851b61b79bfc74672e98e447db067927635d5b221c179f60b7952"
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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 624 (2021_22) — South Georgia Judicial Circuit; additional judge of the superior court; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for an additional judge of the superior court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 624/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211159.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 2970/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198620.pdf)
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3. **LC 44 1848S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204543.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 1848S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203934.pdf)
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5. **LC 47 0930S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199279.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
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- Winfred Dukes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2022-01-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-02-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 746 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** 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/0c7c57d8-9568-4b70-b807-b1b9cc0bed8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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