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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fulton County; State Court; provide additional judge"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a State Court of Fulton County by consolidation of the existing Civil Court of Fulton County and the Criminal Court of Fulton County, approved March 24, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3023), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3944), and by an Act approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3518), so as to provide an additional judge for the State Court of Fulton County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional 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 625"
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citation: "Georgia HB 625 (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: ["Betsy Holland", "Bryce Berry", "Deborah Silcox", "Esther Panitch", "Kim Schofield", "Phil Olaleye"]
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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: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20161c3b-13c9-4513-9aef-c849a3c87395"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5165e9d8e69725e18fb32454435de14c526f7a55d000cd730bbd6bfa3791c07b"
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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 625 (2025_26) — Fulton County; State Court; provide additional judge
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a State Court of Fulton County by consolidation of the existing Civil Court of Fulton County and the Criminal Court of Fulton County, approved March 24, 1976 (Ga. L. 1976, p. 3023), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3944), and by an Act approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3518), so as to provide an additional judge for the State Court of Fulton County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the powers and privileges of said additional judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional 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 625/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237602.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3315/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233965.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234124.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy Holland — primary (person)
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- Bryce Berry — primary (person)
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- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
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- Esther Panitch — primary (person)
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- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
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- Phil Olaleye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** 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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- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** 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 208 `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/20161c3b-13c9-4513-9aef-c849a3c87395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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