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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Trusts; establish qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to trusts, so as to establish qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions for spendthrift provisions of trusts which are not within qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to provide for claims by creditors for such trusts; to provide for the creation of such trusts; to provide for transfers to such trusts; to provide for vacancies of trustees; to provide for standards for such trusts to be considered nonrevocable; to provide for beneficiary rights to withdrawal; to provide for claims for relief; to amend Part 4 of Article 9 of Title 11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to rights of third parties to secured transactions, so as to exclude qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts from restrictions on assignment; 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 441"
+citation: "Georgia HB 441 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Beth Beskin", "Christian Coomer", "Greg Morris"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-21"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6cc942-bfef-413a-a521-8e85f8b7ef8b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "002a89e97b68978ce36382d40374d2e3f4d98955b4ecb457bc97625efb40aacb"
+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 441 (2017_18) — Trusts; establish qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to trusts, so as to establish qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions for spendthrift provisions of trusts which are not within qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts; to provide for claims by creditors for such trusts; to provide for the creation of such trusts; to provide for transfers to such trusts; to provide for vacancies of trustees; to provide for standards for such trusts to be considered nonrevocable; to provide for beneficiary rights to withdrawal; to provide for claims for relief; to amend Part 4 of Article 9 of Title 11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to rights of third parties to secured transactions, so as to exclude qualified self-settled spendthrift trusts from restrictions on assignment; 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 — **125–37** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
+- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
+- Greg Morris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-21** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-21** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Veto V3 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f6cc942-bfef-413a-a521-8e85f8b7ef8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+