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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; change name of Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to DeKalb Judicial Circuit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior courts, so as to change the name of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to the DeKalb Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 158"
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citation: "Georgia HB 158 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Karen Bennett", "Omari Crawford", "Saira Draper", "Shea Roberts"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/253c4ac5-40a7-402b-85b9-ac7d19f73321"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1f8fbe11534a150a48af89d28fa2a1fb60a77ed71bd631201ea99b6ff9a81263"
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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 158 (2023_24) — Courts; change name of Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to DeKalb Judicial Circuit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding superior courts, so as to change the name of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit to the DeKalb Judicial Circuit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 158/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229035.pdf)
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2. **LC 48 1111S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223177.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1111S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222509.pdf)
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4. **LC 49 1190/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213232.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #800 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #436 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **156–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Omari Crawford — primary (person)
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- Saira Draper — primary (person)
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- Shea Roberts — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 585 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-01-01** 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/253c4ac5-40a7-402b-85b9-ac7d19f73321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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