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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bleckley County; Magistrate Court chief 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 chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Bleckley County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for the sitting chief judge of the magistrate court to serve out his or her term of office; 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 704"
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citation: "Georgia HB 704 (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: ["Danny Mathis"]
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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: "2021-03-03"
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last_action: "2021-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/143d7cb6-fe24-4acc-9a4a-2f0e7a3b975a"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1d56c9437b3ca197b9d445b44b22391110cb4edbcc25d76ee1b717a5813c8eb9"
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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 704 (2021_22) — Bleckley County; Magistrate Court chief judge; provide nonpartisan elections
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of chief judge of the Magistrate Court of Bleckley County shall be nonpartisan elections; to provide for the sitting chief judge of the magistrate court to serve out his or her term of office; 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 704/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201677.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0770/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199401.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199418.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **103–68** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-03** House Hopper
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- **2021-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** 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 104 `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/143d7cb6-fe24-4acc-9a4a-2f0e7a3b975a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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