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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Trusts; minor or unborn beneficiaries; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trusts, so as to change provisions relating to minor or unborn beneficiaries; to change provisions relating to nonjudicial settlement agreements, the modification and termination of noncharitable trusts, and distribution to another trust; to change provisions relating to modification or termination of uneconomic trusts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 121"
+citation: "Georgia HB 121 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Brian Strickland", "Chuck Efstration", "Jay Powell", "Scott Holcomb", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-24"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1a183e-db27-4e71-a0ba-3268ff29e1c3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f1ff43055c9b6497b8aa08457e8d40c623c225ae4b3fbc8be58871838adca72a"
+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 121 (2017_18) — Trusts; minor or unborn beneficiaries; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to trusts, so as to change provisions relating to minor or unborn beneficiaries; to change provisions relating to nonjudicial settlement agreements, the modification and termination of noncharitable trusts, and distribution to another trust; to change provisions relating to modification or termination of uneconomic trusts; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-24** House Hopper
+- **2017-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-31** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-30** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** Act 366 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c1a183e-db27-4e71-a0ba-3268ff29e1c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+