Civil Court of Bibb County; nonpartisan election of the judge
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Civil Court of Bibb County, approved March 3, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 2552), as amended, so as to provide for the nonpartisan election of the judge of said court; to provide for submission of this Act for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2013
Committee Review
Jan 2013
Senate Passage
Jan 2013
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2013
Last action Jan 31, 2013
Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2013
How they voted
24–9
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
Jan 29, 2013
D
Democratic9
88% Nay
R
Republican27
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 29, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Jan 29, 2013
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 15, 2013
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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