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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cemetery and Funeral Services; unitrust distribution method provisions; permit a cemetery to request a trustee"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cemetery and funeral services, so as to permit a cemetery or cemetery company to request a trustee to distribute income earned by an irrevocable trust fund utilizing certain unitrust distribution method provisions; to provide for a definition; to modify a cross-reference; 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: "SB 147"
+citation: "Georgia SB 147 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Judson Hill", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Rick Jeffares", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-09"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23459d13-51e5-4e0d-9014-6b1ea7716028"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c76a0470dfdafa0ce6fedc77634fb424afd0f552ce536a92ba2d482ad1cf68b4"
+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 147 (2017_18) — Cemetery and Funeral Services; unitrust distribution method provisions; permit a cemetery to request a trustee
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cemetery and funeral services, so as to permit a cemetery or cemetery company to request a trustee to distribute income earned by an irrevocable trust fund utilizing certain unitrust distribution method provisions; to provide for a definition; to modify a cross-reference; 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 — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Judson Hill — primary (person)
+- Michael Williams — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-09** Senate Hopper
+- **2017-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-08** Act 209 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23459d13-51e5-4e0d-9014-6b1ea7716028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+