republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1258.md

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Bill	Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4423), so as to provide an additional judge; to provide for the election of the initial additional judge; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1258	Georgia HB 1258 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Carmen Rice Carolyn Hugley Debbie Buckner Tremaine Reese Vance Smith	3	13	2	2026-02-09	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/73ce03f0-847b-4812-95d8-bcd06dd5e657	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	75bd488d03999c6f4487a3caf4b54cd880e80c7dc27e41da6957b0034582cb9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1258 (2025_26) — Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Muscogee County, approved December 20, 1884 (Ga. L. 1884-85, p. 455), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 19, 1987 (Ga. L. 1987, p. 4423), so as to provide an additional judge; to provide for the election of the initial additional judge; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional 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 1258/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3769/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #506 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carmen Rice — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Tremaine Reese — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-09 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 661 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73ce03f0-847b-4812-95d8-bcd06dd5e657. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).