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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; 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 a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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: "SB 395"
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citation: "Georgia SB 395 (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: ["Bo Hatchett"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-26"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "72e959b94f8a7c7d23c5d5ee88e55703c2730f267072b0cb51ece33c985bcdf0"
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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 SB 395 (2021_22) — Mountain Judicial Circuit; third judge of the superior courts; 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 a third judge of the superior courts of the Mountain Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Mountain Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; 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. **As introduced LC 49 0737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204149.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207236.pdf)
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3. **SB 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210198.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-26** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-01-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-02** Act 792 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/c9f2c2e5-9670-4d33-8d47-064220f23db3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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