republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-999.md

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Bill	Magistrate courts; collecting sums and fees authorized by law; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and costs of magistrate courts, so as to revise provisions related to magistrate courts collecting sums and fees authorized by law; to amend 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, approved May 14, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 780), so as to correct a scrivener's error in the automatic repealer in said Act related to a constitutional amendment for the nonpartisan election of judges of the probate court; to provide legislative intent; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 999	Georgia HB 999 (2025_26)	bill	COURTS	enacted	Kimberly New Mary Oliver Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Stacey Evans Stan Gunter	6	16	5	2026-01-15	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/907910a3-a5ae-4775-8603-5442e2ea7c4b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	946e72549cb449b9fb8c921924a6aed1574146615bb894efd269a4d17359ed8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 999 (2025_26) — Magistrate courts; collecting sums and fees authorized by law; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 10 of Title 15 the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fees and costs of magistrate courts, so as to revise provisions related to magistrate courts collecting sums and fees authorized by law; to amend 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, approved May 14, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 780), so as to correct a scrivener's error in the automatic repealer in said Act related to a constitutional amendment for the nonpartisan election of judges of the probate court; to provide legislative intent; 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 47 0192 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 999/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 3834/a (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #474 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–4 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #738 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–6 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #739 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–4 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #957 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #748 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kimberly New — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-15 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-01-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2026-03-23 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 707 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/907910a3-a5ae-4775-8603-5442e2ea7c4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).