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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Chatham County, approved December 18, 1819 (Ga. L. 1819, p. 16), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3667), so as to provide for an additional judge of the State Court of Chatham County; to provide for the election, powers, duties, jurisdiction, privileges, immunities, and compensation of such additional judge; to authorize the governing authority of Chatham County to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judge; to provide for related matters; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1534"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1534 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Edna Jackson", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-03-09"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bc9262-541a-43c8-920e-32443bfc1c63"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0c8d59fe4f37be490e35530361b6a1edb894b3c6a40c746320c43dd9b37e2c58"
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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 HB 1534 (2025_26) — Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Chatham County, approved December 18, 1819 (Ga. L. 1819, p. 16), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3667), so as to provide for an additional judge of the State Court of Chatham County; to provide for the election, powers, duties, jurisdiction, privileges, immunities, and compensation of such additional judge; to authorize the governing authority of Chatham County to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judge; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 1534/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249043.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 4054/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245575.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245603.pdf)
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4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 4288S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247197.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #871 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **101–69** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Edna Jackson — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-09** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 672 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** 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/39bc9262-541a-43c8-920e-32443bfc1c63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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