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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to change provisions relating to marriage articles; to provide for a definition; to clarify provisions relating to antenuptial agreements; to repeal provisions relating to recording certain documents; to modernize terminology and repeal arcane concepts; to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; to conform cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 190"
+citation: "Georgia HB 190 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver", "Meagan Hanson", "Regina Quick", "Trey Kelley", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-31"
+last_action: "2018-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863ad5f2-b082-49b4-b872-d5681131d4c4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "62c50b53c211aa8a3652f992b27e24f395186fbb98f056a0a734ca643bb1bdea"
+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 190 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to change provisions relating to marriage articles; to provide for a definition; to clarify provisions relating to antenuptial agreements; to repeal provisions relating to recording certain documents; to modernize terminology and repeal arcane concepts; to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; to conform cross-references; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Meagan Hanson — primary (person)
+- Regina Quick — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-31** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-03** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-30** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-03** Act 305 `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/863ad5f2-b082-49b4-b872-d5681131d4c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+