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type: "Bill"
title: "Forsyth County; State Court; add a judge"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the State Court of Forsyth County, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4558), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5579), so as to add a judge to the court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 750"
citation: "Georgia HB 750 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brent Cox", "Carter Barrett", "David Clark", "Lauren McDonald III", "Rick Jasperse", "Todd Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15b3bf02-38d0-4c93-a523-157fc16c7c83"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7efe3ebb6116c03d6ca77a6a8b6a5cee4bd9453c5c4eb3ab6068406bf5def89d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 750 (2025_26) — Forsyth County; State Court; add a judge
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the State Court of Forsyth County, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4558), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 1, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5579), so as to add a judge to the court; to provide for related matters; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 61 0018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239174.pdf)
2. **HB 750/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248145.pdf)
3. **LC 61 0127/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235795.pdf)
4. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235808.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee sub LC 61 0261S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238111.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #862 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brent Cox — primary (person)
- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-10** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2026-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 520 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15b3bf02-38d0-4c93-a523-157fc16c7c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).