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Fulton County adopts 2026 legislative agenda, approves suite of state priorities including support for judicial officers
Summary
Fulton County commissioners adopted their 2026 legislative priorities item-by-item, approving support for an additional superior court judgeship, backing Senate Bill 10 to allow judicial officers, and ratifying a broad set of state-level priorities including online legal notices, behavioral health expansion, NextGen 911 and transit board parity.
Fulton County commissioners approved the county's 2026 legislative agenda after staff presented proposed priorities and the board voted item-by-item.
The board unanimously approved a request to seek an additional full-time superior court judgeship. Commissioners discussed workload formulas used by the state Administrative Office of the Courts and noted Fulton County's heavy caseload; staff explained the state controls judicial appropriations and that a local position remains contingent on state action.
The board then debated support for Senate Bill 10, a measure that would allow the chief judge to appoint up to five judicial officers (appointed attorneys who would not be elected judges). Several commissioners raised concerns about accountability and the potential for judicial officers to make high-consequence decisions without election-based oversight. Commissioner Arrington and others argued the measure is a necessary stopgap to ease case backlog and…
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