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type: "Bill"
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title: "Coweta County; State Court; add additional judge"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act continuing the State Court of Coweta County, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4260), as amended, so as to add a judge to the court; to provide for an effective date; to provide for other 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 615"
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citation: "Georgia HB 615 (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: ["David Jenkins", "Josh Bonner", "Lydia Glaize", "Lynn Smith", "Mandisha Thomas"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-27"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38ab67c2-980d-42d3-bdba-3224be28645c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "54f7dc09b7aefea320f370a23d46ab013f918024d651876bc73ba6dc35af4327"
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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 615 (2023_24) — Coweta County; State Court; add additional judge
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act continuing the State Court of Coweta County, approved May 17, 2004 (Ga. L. 2004, p. 4260), as amended, so as to add a judge to the court; to provide for an effective date; to provide for other 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 615/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218820.pdf)
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2. **LC 46 0568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216152.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216198.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #253 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #235 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Jenkins — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Lydia Glaize — primary (person)
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- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
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- Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-01** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 157 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** 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/38ab67c2-980d-42d3-bdba-3224be28645c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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