republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1534.md

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Bill	Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Chatham County, approved December 18, 1819 (Ga. L. 1819, p. 16), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3667), so as to provide for an additional judge of the State Court of Chatham County; to provide for the election, powers, duties, jurisdiction, privileges, immunities, and compensation of such additional judge; to authorize the governing authority of Chatham County to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judge; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1534	Georgia HB 1534 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Edna Jackson Jesse Petrea Ron Stephens	4	15	3	2026-03-09	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/39bc9262-541a-43c8-920e-32443bfc1c63	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0c8d59fe4f37be490e35530361b6a1edb894b3c6a40c746320c43dd9b37e2c58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1534 (2025_26) — Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Chatham County, approved December 18, 1819 (Ga. L. 1819, p. 16), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 30, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3667), so as to provide for an additional judge of the State Court of Chatham County; to provide for the election, powers, duties, jurisdiction, privileges, immunities, and compensation of such additional judge; to authorize the governing authority of Chatham County to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judge; 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. HB 1534/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 4054/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee Sub LC 47 4288S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #871 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 101–69 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Edna Jackson — primary (person)
• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-03-09 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate 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 672 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39bc9262-541a-43c8-920e-32443bfc1c63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).