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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property; change provisions relating to an exemption"
+description: "A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for the purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to change provisions relating to an exemption; 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: "SB 65"
+citation: "Georgia SB 65 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Harold Jones II", "Hunter Hill", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Joshua McKoon", "Tyler Harper", "William Jackson"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-28"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/555be593-8b88-472e-bba3-84d627944861"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "dd9768f63c8ac471c57436822fb57e078e1bf4dd123f56474cd815624ac2cfaf"
+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 SB 65 (2015_16) — Property; change provisions relating to an exemption
+
+A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for the purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to change provisions relating to an exemption; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146306.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148533.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6614ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152256.pdf)
+4. **SB 65/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153997.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **46–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
+- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+- William Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-28** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-31** House Postponed
+- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 167 `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/555be593-8b88-472e-bba3-84d627944861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+