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GA SB14

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ed Setzler

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Georgia General Assembly to pass local Acts providing for nonpartisan elections of district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts, removing party affiliations from these races

  • Candidates for district attorney in nonpartisan elections would file notice of candidacy with the Secretary of State, while solicitors-general candidates would file with the county superintendent

  • Filing period opens at 9:00 A.M. on the Monday of the eleventh week prior to the election and closes at 12:00 Noon on the Friday immediately following

  • Nonpartisan elections for these offices would be held in conjunction with the general primary in even-numbered years, eliminating the need for a prior nonpartisan primary

  • Amends Chapter 2 of Title 21 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-132 and 21-2-139)

Legislative Description

Elections; the nonpartisan election of district attorneys and solicitors-general of state courts; authorize the General Assembly

Last Action

Senate Read and Referred

1/16/2025

Committee Referrals

Ethics1/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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