Northeastern Judicial Circuit; superior courts; provide for a sixth judge
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-6-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the number of judges of superior courts, so as to provide for a sixth judge of the superior courts of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge by the Governor; to provide for an additional court reporter for such circuit; to authorize the governing authority of the counties comprising the Northeastern Judicial Circuit to provide facilities, office space, supplies, equipment, and personnel for such judges; to declare inherent authority; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025
Last action Feb 3, 2026
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LC 49 2520S/hs
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MINOR
The bill was amended from a regular version to a committee substitute, which typically means the Judiciary Committee made changes to the original text. The substantive content regarding superior court judges in the Northeastern Circuit appears largely unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to section headers and page numbering.
TECHNICAL
Changed the bill header from 'The House Committee on Judiciary offers the following substitute to HB 557' to 'House Bill 557 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)' with a list of sponsoring representatives.
Minor formatting adjustments to section headers (SECTION 1, SECTION 6, SECTION 7) and page numbering throughout the document.
Floor votes · House Feb 2, 2026
How they voted
149–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 156
Feb 2, 2026
D
Democratic65
96% Yea
R
Republican91
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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