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type: "Bill"
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title: "Douglas County; State Court; add third judge"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Douglas County, approved April 1, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3606), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3847), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3863), so as to add a third judge for the State Court of Douglas County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to update certain provisions to account for additional judges; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 1236"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1236 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Alexander", "Kimberly New", "Mandisha Thomas", "Roger Bruce"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-12"
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last_action: "2024-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae15cb20-ac49-4a0f-bfcb-493d64385e09"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ad514c55ed99529817989e1fd4b3922fc57600da009808a444fb096958609c78"
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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 1236 (2023_24) — Douglas County; State Court; add third judge
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of Douglas County, approved April 1, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 3606), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3847), and an Act approved May 6, 2009 (Ga. L. 2009, p. 3863), so as to add a third judge for the State Court of Douglas County; to provide for the appointment of the initial additional judge and the election of successors; to provide for terms of office of said additional judge and successors to such judge; to update certain provisions to account for additional judges; to provide for related matters; to provide effective dates; 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 1236/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226063.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2841/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223704.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223783.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #498 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
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- Kimberly New — primary (person)
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- Mandisha Thomas — primary (person)
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- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-01** Act 516 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-01** 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/ae15cb20-ac49-4a0f-bfcb-493d64385e09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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