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type: "Bill"
title: "Spalding County; State Court; modernize, update, and readopt provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Spalding County, formerly known as the City Court of Griffin, approved December 14, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 462), as amended, so as to modernize, update, and readopt provisions governing such court and its judges, clerk, solicitor-general, and other personnel; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal specific Acts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 798"
citation: "Georgia HB 798 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "Karen Mathiak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec6aad4-76e4-4039-a66a-5f28bef4c494"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fb58ec58f666404930c5b9499897279cd659ff5a8ce932665ca9ddafd4831cc1"
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 798 (2025_26) — Spalding County; State Court; modernize, update, and readopt provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the State Court of Spalding County, formerly known as the City Court of Griffin, approved December 14, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 462), as amended, so as to modernize, update, and readopt provisions governing such court and its judges, clerk, solicitor-general, and other personnel; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal specific Acts; 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. **HB 798/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238126.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3517/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236334.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236348.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 233 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aec6aad4-76e4-4039-a66a-5f28bef4c494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).