republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-906.md

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Bill	Tifton Judicial Circuit; provide for a third judge	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 Tifton Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of such circuit to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to provide for the manner of impaneling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Tifton 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 906	Georgia HB 906 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Yearta Clay Pirkle Penny Houston	4	17	2	2024-01-10	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2489d3f6-2926-45af-933c-91ab462551c6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b636dcf3279f4b059f1966629e1674bf2c8d77d78290c26c03517c62bd39fe13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 906 (2023_24) — Tifton Judicial Circuit; provide for a third judge

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 Tifton Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for the election of successors to the judge initially appointed; to prescribe the powers of such judge; to prescribe the compensation, salary, and expense allowance of such judge to be paid by the State of Georgia and the counties comprising said circuit; to authorize the judges of such circuit to divide and allocate the work and duties thereof; to provide for the manner of impaneling jurors; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Tifton 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 906/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1017/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1069S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1069S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #807 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #418 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Yearta — primary (person)
• Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-01-30 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-26 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-30 Act 503 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2489d3f6-2926-45af-933c-91ab462551c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).