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Committee advances bill to add judge to judicial circuit; effective date moved earlier
Summary
The Georgia House Judiciary Committee voted to advance House Bill 55, which adds a judgeship to a judicial circuit and amends the bill's effective date from July 1 to Jan. 1.
Representative Ford, chairing the session, introduced House Bill 55 to add another judge to a judicial circuit and said the bill had been recommitted to change its effective date from July 1 to Jan. 1. "This bill is to add another judge to the life of judicial circuit, house bill 55," Ford said as he described the change in effective date.
The committee proceeded by voice vote after a brief question period. No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript; the chair called the bill passed following a voice vote. The transcript does not record any amendments or detailed debate on the bill's substantive scope beyond the effective-date change.
The bill will require follow-up through the rules process before it moves to the next step; the chair noted the committee would prepare a rules form because the Rules Committee was scheduled to meet the following day.
The committee paused its agenda for a scheduled press conference after completing the item and returned later to take up remaining business.
Votes at a glance: House Bill 55 — advanced by voice vote; no recorded roll-call tally.
