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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alimony and child support; jurisdiction of courts that hear contempt proceedings; expand"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction in cases relating to alimony and child support, so as to expand the jurisdiction of courts that may hear contempt proceedings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 567"
+citation: "Georgia HB 567 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Ramsey", "Tom Weldon", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-03-05"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c579abd4-e604-4d47-a349-878ad61aaa3d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "654b23dfa7f9025acace719813b7ba06c153ec195a382007872261481669c58b"
+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 567 (2015_16) — Alimony and child support; jurisdiction of courts that hear contempt proceedings; expand
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction in cases relating to alimony and child support, so as to expand the jurisdiction of courts that may hear contempt proceedings; 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 567/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153850.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6555S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151318.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6555S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150675.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0784/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150324.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-03-05** House Hopper
+- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-09** 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`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-05** Act 89 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c579abd4-e604-4d47-a349-878ad61aaa3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+