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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 547"
+citation: "Georgia HB 547 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-03-03"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca580090-dad9-464e-8cf1-0670b6ba515a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4245037b14d3f16c250f8e2e61a75d1cf6d0ae7f63999cb1cb854c126c57752e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 547 (2015_16) — Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 547/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162314.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6467ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149915.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6560ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151334.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6560ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150729.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6652ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152740.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7096ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160123.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **168–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-03** House Hopper
+- **2015-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 423 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca580090-dad9-464e-8cf1-0670b6ba515a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+