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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act; party may bring a counterclaim for contempt in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act, so as to provide that a party may bring a counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order or for modification of legal or physical custody in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; to revise definitions; to provide that a party may make a cross-motion or counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order in response to a motion for contempt or enforcement of a custody order; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 190"
+citation: "Georgia SB 190 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "William Ligon, Jr."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-25"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f26ed038-2381-4903-af83-f3997fa2db16"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "75c07911d098f9c52c977565255b21fd42be1cb6fed62e32b6afcdc84b66b95d"
+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 190 (2019_20) — Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act; party may bring a counterclaim for contempt in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act, so as to provide that a party may bring a counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order or for modification of legal or physical custody in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; to revise definitions; to provide that a party may make a cross-motion or counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order in response to a motion for contempt or enforcement of a custody order; 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 41 1839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182779.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183966.pdf)
+3. **LC 41 2024S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186465.pdf)
+4. **LC 48 0135S/hrs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187151.pdf)
+5. **SB 190/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187423.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-29** House Postponed
+- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 281 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f26ed038-2381-4903-af83-f3997fa2db16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+