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type: "Bill"
title: "Alcovy Judicial Circuit; counties that make up said judicial circuit to provide additional investigators to the district attorney; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia to be known as the Alcovy Judicial Circuit, approved March 9, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 152), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 30, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 1217), so as to authorize the counties that make up said judicial circuit to provide additional investigators to the district attorney; to provide for appointment and qualifications of such investigators; to provide for the powers of such investigators; to provide that such investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney; 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: "SB 574"
citation: "Georgia SB 574 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Brian Strickland", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e6824d8-ea7a-4bc4-9261-2635aae7fd3e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1136f1b5842042522a608a35c9bf8f6a91528cf29e8e2660de1037d92d70e2fc"
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 574 (2023_24) — Alcovy Judicial Circuit; counties that make up said judicial circuit to provide additional investigators to the district attorney; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new judicial circuit for the State of Georgia to be known as the Alcovy Judicial Circuit, approved March 9, 1972 (Ga. L. 1972, p. 152), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 30, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 1217), so as to authorize the counties that make up said judicial circuit to provide additional investigators to the district attorney; to provide for appointment and qualifications of such investigators; to provide for the powers of such investigators; to provide that such investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney; 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. **As Introduced LC 47 2710** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226424.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227619.pdf)
3. **SB 574 Local Ad - Newton County** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226427.pdf)
4. **SB 574 Local Ad - Walton County** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226426.pdf)
5. **SB 574/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229567.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #832 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-05** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 696 `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/4e6824d8-ea7a-4bc4-9261-2635aae7fd3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).