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type: "Bill"
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title: "Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 593"
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citation: "Georgia HB 593 (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: ["Gerald Greene"]
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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: "2025-02-24"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f024b02-8d40-4bac-8dd3-96212e0a3d8c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7fbe7a6b03b914f9fc10e6fe66301e4f4d034da85db306d5cff157141d1f0c79"
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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 593 (2025_26) — Baker County; probate judge; provide nonpartisan elections
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide that future elections for the office of probate judge of Baker County shall be nonpartisan elections; 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 593/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236738.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0119/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233591.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233615.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **150–20** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** 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 204 `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/6f024b02-8d40-4bac-8dd3-96212e0a3d8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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