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type: "Bill"
title: "Probate Court Judges; relating to elections; end activities and duties"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts, and Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, respectively, so as to end activities and duties of probate court judges relating to elections; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 212"
citation: "Georgia SB 212 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman", "Carden Summers", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Shawn Still", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2682d0ac-7c50-41c4-b6de-d1035c012243"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a5d960f8c268624ad321c01092bdc028eb42b6132192a9d0c07a88462768225d"
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 SB 212 (2023_24) — Probate Court Judges; relating to elections; end activities and duties
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts, and Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections, respectively, so as to end activities and duties of probate court judges relating to elections; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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. **As introduced LC 44 2193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215001.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224448.pdf)
3. **Committee Sub LC 47 2771S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222514.pdf)
4. **LC 47 3067S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228285.pdf)
5. **SB 212/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229634.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #764 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #509 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #796 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **35–18** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #508 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **29–19** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Shawn Still — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** House Postponed
- **2024-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 580 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2682d0ac-7c50-41c4-b6de-d1035c012243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).