republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1236.md

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Bill	Douglas County; State Court; add third judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Douglas County, approved April 1, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3606), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3847), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3863), so as to add a third judge for the State Court of Douglas County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to update certain provisions to account for additional judges; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1236	Georgia HB 1236 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Kimberly Alexander Kimberly New Mandisha Thomas Roger Bruce	3	13	2	2024-02-12	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ae15cb20-ac49-4a0f-bfcb-493d64385e09	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ad514c55ed99529817989e1fd4b3922fc57600da009808a444fb096958609c78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1236 (2023_24) — Douglas County; State Court; add third judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Douglas County, approved April 1, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3606), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3847), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3863), so as to add a third judge for the State Court of Douglas County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to update certain provisions to account for additional judges; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 1236/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2841/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #498 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
• Kimberly New — primary (person)
• Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
• Roger Bruce — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-02-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 516 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae15cb20-ac49-4a0f-bfcb-493d64385e09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).