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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; nonpartisan election of magistrates; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for nonpartisan election of magistrates; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to revise provisions related to nonpartisan elections of judges of the probate court and magistrates; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date, a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; 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 426"
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citation: "Georgia HB 426 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURTS", "ELECTIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Holt Persinger", "James Burchett", "Kimberly New", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-12"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c82030b9-f774-4c80-9db6-a3b228c146ff"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1c5d0eca8f490d49eef30b19492449c1f6cd9e3de7b4ed978528bc4e341ffa2f"
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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 426 (2025_26) — Courts; nonpartisan election of magistrates; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for nonpartisan election of magistrates; to amend Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to revise provisions related to nonpartisan elections of judges of the probate court and magistrates; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date, a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; 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 426/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237012.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3367/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232293.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #266 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #271 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–11** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #180 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **111–59** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Kimberly New — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — 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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- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 302 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/c82030b9-f774-4c80-9db6-a3b228c146ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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