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type: "Bill"
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title: "Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Douglas Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 88"
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citation: "Georgia SB 88 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Timothy Bearden"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18bad483-de63-4c30-a68e-464cd035bbfb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "de9f2eb4b1ec415c6828075a6cca4d00546ac755d2572e69485fcc0ebf7ce65c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 88 (2025_26) — Douglas Judicial Circuit; a fourth judge of the superior courts; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a fourth judge of the superior courts of the Douglas Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234617.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 47 3276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231202.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 62 0106S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232566.pdf)
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4. **SB 88/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236512.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #281 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #108 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–6** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-30** Act 25 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18bad483-de63-4c30-a68e-464cd035bbfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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