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type: "Bill"
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title: "Carroll County; State Court; provide additional judge"
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description: "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."
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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 160"
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citation: "Georgia HB 160 (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: ["David Huddleston", "Justin Howard", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-28"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d733a326-7d53-4998-889c-cf01957c65b8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "feb6de5d6e40416cf15b7fbfeda79fa3e483158db97685591c43c66ca7aed72b"
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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 160 (2025_26) — Carroll County; State Court; provide additional judge
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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.
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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 160/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232379.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2915/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230505.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230557.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #15 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–1** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #45 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David Huddleston — primary (person)
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- Justin Howard — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-28** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 197 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/d733a326-7d53-4998-889c-cf01957c65b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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