republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1215.md

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Bill	Middle Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a third judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a third judge of the superior courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment and term of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Middle Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1215	Georgia HB 1215 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS	enacted	Brian Prince Butch Parrish Leesa Hagan Mack Jackson	6	16	4	2026-02-05	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6f979d97-c3aa-47c5-97c1-167d55220489	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0ee930fa0dd41d8beb6dd8bf2e016e82a5693903211150d87d331a820093adcd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1215 (2025_26) — Middle Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a third judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a third judge of the superior courts of the Middle Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment and term of such additional judge by the Governor; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Middle Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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. HB 1215/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 49 2605/a (committee substitute) — source
3. SCSFA to HB 1215 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2851S (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 49 0331 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #837 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #485 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #882 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #883 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Prince — primary (person)
• Butch Parrish — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Mack Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-05 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-09 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-09 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 450 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f979d97-c3aa-47c5-97c1-167d55220489. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).