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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alimony and Child Support; guidelines for child support award calculations; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alimony and child support, so as to provide for guidelines for child support award calculations; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "SB 454"
+citation: "Georgia SB 454 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-02-06"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc76dce7-efd6-44f3-882c-f1942ab9f528"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0a197d8254b9bbe15bf04fcbe87ccfead1f86c3c32180bdf086b6a40a6f6ab7e"
+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 454 (2023_24) — Alimony and Child Support; guidelines for child support award calculations; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alimony and child support, so as to provide for guidelines for child support award calculations; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226152.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 48 1100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222894.pdf)
+3. **LC 56 0170S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227064.pdf)
+4. **SB 454/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229638.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #711 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #833 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #603 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 618 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc76dce7-efd6-44f3-882c-f1942ab9f528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+