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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clay County; judge of Probate Court shall also serve as magistrate of the Magistrate Court; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court in Clay County, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3545), so as to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Clay County shall also serve as the magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Clay County on or after January 1, 2021, or upon vacancy of the office of the magistrate, whichever occurs first; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current magistrate; to provide for the compensation of such judge for service as magistrate; to provide for nonpartisan elections to the combined position of probate judge and chief magistrate; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 52"
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citation: "Georgia HB 52 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gerald Greene"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05f0498d-837e-4cd2-b163-981bc105f125"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f466a86d4bd1b20ba8cefb18ac83855760223fbdb397b874bf70c614af962b26"
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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 HB 52 (2019_20) — Clay County; judge of Probate Court shall also serve as magistrate of the Magistrate Court; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a Small Claims Court in Clay County, approved March 18, 1980 (Ga. L. 1980, p. 3545), so as to provide that the judge of the Probate Court of Clay County shall also serve as the magistrate of the Magistrate Court of Clay County on or after January 1, 2021, or upon vacancy of the office of the magistrate, whichever occurs first; to provide for the continuation in office and expiration of term of the current magistrate; to provide for the compensation of such judge for service as magistrate; to provide for nonpartisan elections to the combined position of probate judge and chief magistrate; 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. **HB 52/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183684.pdf)
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2. **LC 45 0158/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179768.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179927.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar Without — **155–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-02** Act 8 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-02** 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/05f0498d-837e-4cd2-b163-981bc105f125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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