republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-160.md

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Bill	Carroll County; State Court; provide additional judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a city court in the city of Carrollton, in the county of Carroll, approved December 21, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 438), as amended, so as to provide an additional judge for such court; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge of such court; to provide for the election of successors; to provide for a chief judge; 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 160	Georgia HB 160 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	David Huddleston Justin Howard Tyler Paul Smith	3	13	2	2025-01-28	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d733a326-7d53-4998-889c-cf01957c65b8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	feb6de5d6e40416cf15b7fbfeda79fa3e483158db97685591c43c66ca7aed72b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 160 (2025_26) — Carroll County; State Court; provide additional judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a city court in the city of Carrollton, in the county of Carroll, approved December 21, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 438), as amended, so as to provide an additional judge for such court; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge of such court; to provide for the election of successors; to provide for a chief judge; 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 160/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2915/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #15 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #45 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Huddleston — primary (person)
• Justin Howard — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-28 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 197 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d733a326-7d53-4998-889c-cf01957c65b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).