Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1057: Gwinnett County; State Court; provide eighth judge January 1, 2027 and ninth judge January 1, 2028
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to continue and re-create the State Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3331), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 2, 2022 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 6031), so as to provide for an eighth judge for the State Court of Gwinnett County beginning January 1, 2027; to provide for a ninth judge for said court beginning January 1, 2028; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend an Act to continue and re-create the State Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3331), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Darshun Kendrick, Representative from District 95, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local bill to which this affidavit is attached. (2) In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14, the notice requirements for the local bill to which this affidavit is attached have been satisfied, including but not limited to the following: (A) The Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislati.
From the introduced text:
a bill to amend an Act to continue and re-create the State Court of Gwinnett County, approved March 23, 1977 (Ga. L. 1977, p. 3331), as amended; and for other purposes. AFFIDAVIT GEORGIA, FULTON COUNTY I, Darshun Kendrick, Representative from District 95, state on oath as follows: (1) I am the author of the local bill to which this affidavit is attached. (2) In accordance with O.C.G.A. § 28-1-14, the notice requirements for the local bill to which this affidavit is attached have been satisfied, including but not limited to the following: (A) The Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation which is attached to such local bill was published in the Gwinnett Daily Post, which is the official organ of Gwinnett County, on the 21st of January, 2026; and (B) If the local bill amends the charter of a municipality or the enabling Act of the governing authority of a county or consolidated government, then a copy of the Notice of Intention to Introduce Local Legislation was mailed, transmitted by facsimile, or otherwise provided to the governing authority of such municipality, county, or consolidated or (ii) During the seven days immediately following the date of publication of such Notice. s/ DARSHUN KENDRICK Affiant Sworn to and subscribed at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, This 27th of January, 2026, …