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type: "Bill"
title: "State Court of Henry County; additional judge; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a State Court of Henry County, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3954), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4090), so as to provide an additional judge for the State Court of Henry County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge; to provide for the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; to provide for a chief judge; to provide for a salary supplement for the chief judge; to provide for the appointment of a judge pro hac vice; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "Georgia SB 328 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Rick Williams"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b732ff65-9f63-46eb-8950-a06afb56ddbd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "19de048055846c7f145b38c7c44711fdb824d100e7cbacd74cd70a04d80d2d13"
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 SB 328 (2025_26) — State Court of Henry County; additional judge; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a State Court of Henry County, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3954), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 4090), so as to provide an additional judge for the State Court of Henry County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge; to provide for the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to provide for the compensation and expenses of said additional judge; to provide for a chief judge; to provide for a salary supplement for the chief judge; to provide for the appointment of a judge pro hac vice; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236880.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 62 0105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235741.pdf)
3. **SB 328 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235745.pdf)
4. **SB 328/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239139.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #265 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #377 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-10** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 247 `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/b732ff65-9f63-46eb-8950-a06afb56ddbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).