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Bill Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that all probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HR 251 Georgia HR 251 (2025_26)
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COURTS
ELECTIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
enacted
Chuck Efstration
Holt Persinger
James Burchett
Kimberly New
Mitchell Scoggins
Tyler Paul Smith
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Georgia HR 251 (2025_26) — Local government; probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; provide - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that all probate judges shall be elected in nonpartisan elections; to provide for related matters; to provide for submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HR 251/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 3339/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #877 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 460 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Vote #758 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 325 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #504 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 14720 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #749 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 3118 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
  • Holt Persinger — primary (person)
  • James Burchett — primary (person)
  • Kimberly New — primary (person)
  • Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
  • Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-12 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-18 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
  • 2026-01-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-11 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-02-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-02-12 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
  • 2026-03-19 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2026-03-19 Senate Lost failure, reading-3
  • 2026-03-19 Senate Notice to Reconsider
  • 2026-03-20 Senate Reconsidered
  • 2026-03-31 Senate Reconsidered Passed/Adopted
  • 2026-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-12 Act 638 executive-signature
  • 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4aa2639c-c209-4a80-8855-cd2fe8879423. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).