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type: "Bill"
title: "Emanuel County; Probate Court judge also serves as chief magistrate judge of Magistrate Court; provide"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 954"
citation: "Georgia HB 954 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Parrish"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acc9cc1f-9683-46b8-8e5a-5a6d183dcbe0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3680ca8cd0835e1741b89b9c453e4e5a6b47ffad85d2710b5a076ae997c96c0c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223127.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2614/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221319.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221448.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acc9cc1f-9683-46b8-8e5a-5a6d183dcbe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).