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type: "Bill"
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title: "Administrative Office of the Courts; accessibility of certain personal information of state and federal judges, justices, and spouses thereof; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide for duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts relative to accessibility of certain personal information of state and federal judges, justices, and spouses thereof; to amend Code Section 36-32-40 of the O.C.GA., relating to creation of Council of Municipal Court Judges, membership and organization, purpose, expenses, contracts, assistance to council, and members not ineligible to hold office of judge, so as to require submission of certain information to the Council of Magistrate Court Judges; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "SB 508"
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citation: "Georgia SB 508 (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: ["Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "Clint Dixon", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-02-15"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d57f36f8-e18b-476c-8d91-7111fd6f7c26"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "95a49bdc8ff28211749eae142d31f63418e7af738b31074a2373e8834227d14a"
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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 SB 508 (2023_24) — Administrative Office of the Courts; accessibility of certain personal information of state and federal judges, justices, and spouses thereof; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide for duties of the Administrative Office of the Courts relative to accessibility of certain personal information of state and federal judges, justices, and spouses thereof; to amend Code Section 36-32-40 of the O.C.GA., relating to creation of Council of Municipal Court Judges, membership and organization, purpose, expenses, contracts, assistance to council, and members not ineligible to hold office of judge, so as to require submission of certain information to the Council of Magistrate Court Judges; to provide for and revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 39 4198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224222.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226179.pdf)
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3. **LC 48 1295S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227048.pdf)
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4. **SB 508/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228503.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #734 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #606 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #712 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2024-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 584 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/d57f36f8-e18b-476c-8d91-7111fd6f7c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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