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Georgia · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 491: Cobb Judicial Circuit; assistant district attorneys; change the salaries

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 491 is a bill introduced in the Georgia Senate on February 10, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Cobb Judicial Circuit; assistant district attorneys; change the salaries. Primary sponsor: Ed Setzler (Republican), Doc Rhett (Democratic), Kay Kirkpatrick (Republican), Jaha Howard (Democratic), Donzella James (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 26, 2026): House Second Readers.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the Cobb Judicial Circuit, approved February 19, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 184), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3619), an Act approved April 4, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 3879), and an Act approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3894), so as to change the salaries of assistant district attorneys; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ed SetzlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Doc RhettPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Kay KirkpatrickPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Jaha HowardPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Donzella JamesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. House Second Readers
  2. House First Readers
  3. Senate Passed/Adopted
  4. Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  5. Senate Read and Referred
  6. Senate Hopper

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source