Carroll County; State Court; provide additional judge
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing a city court in the city of Carrollton, in the county of Carroll, approved December 21, 1897 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 438), as amended, so as to provide an additional judge for such court; to provide for the appointment of such additional judge of such court; to provide for the election of successors; to provide for a chief judge; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 28, 2025
Signed May 13, 2025
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LC 44 2915/a
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HB 160/AP*
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MINOR
The bill title was updated to indicate it has passed both the House and Senate, and the document version number was changed from LC 44 2915 to LC 44 2915/AP to reflect its final amended status. These are primarily technical changes tracking the bill's legislative progression rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL
Bill title updated to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' indicating final legislative approval status
Document version identifier changed from LC 44 2915 to LC 44 2915/AP to reflect amended version
Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2025 · House Feb 5, 2025
How they voted
52–1
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 55
Feb 12, 2025
D
Democratic22
95% Yea
R
Republican33
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
Act 197
upper
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Huddleston
RRepublican
P
Jutt Howard
RRepublican
P
Tyler Smith
RRepublican
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