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type: "Bill"
title: "Muscogee County; State Court; provide additional judge"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1258"
citation: "Georgia HB 1258 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmen Rice", "Carolyn Hugley", "Debbie Buckner", "Tremaine Reese", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73ce03f0-847b-4812-95d8-bcd06dd5e657"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "75bd488d03999c6f4487a3caf4b54cd880e80c7dc27e41da6957b0034582cb9e"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243590.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3769/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242059.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242084.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73ce03f0-847b-4812-95d8-bcd06dd5e657`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).