republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-954.md

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Bill	Emanuel County; Probate Court judge also serves as chief magistrate judge of Magistrate Court; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Emanuel County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Emanuel County on and after January 1, 2025; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 954	Georgia HB 954 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Butch Parrish	3	13	2	2024-01-22	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/acc9cc1f-9683-46b8-8e5a-5a6d183dcbe0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3680ca8cd0835e1741b89b9c453e4e5a6b47ffad85d2710b5a076ae997c96c0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 954 (2023_24) — Emanuel County; Probate Court judge also serves as chief magistrate judge of Magistrate Court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Emanuel County shall also serve as the chief magistrate judge of the Magistrate Court of Emanuel County on and after January 1, 2025; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current chief magistrate judge; 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 954/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2614/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Butch Parrish — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 440 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acc9cc1f-9683-46b8-8e5a-5a6d183dcbe0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).