---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alimony and child support; jurisdiction of courts that hear contempt proceedings; expand"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction in cases relating to alimony and child support, so as to expand the jurisdiction of courts that may hear contempt proceedings; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 567"
citation: "Georgia HB 567 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Katie Dempsey", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Ramsey", "Tom Weldon", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-05"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c579abd4-e604-4d47-a349-878ad61aaa3d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "654b23dfa7f9025acace719813b7ba06c153ec195a382007872261481669c58b"
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 567 (2015_16) — Alimony and child support; jurisdiction of courts that hear contempt proceedings; expand

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction in cases relating to alimony and child support, so as to expand the jurisdiction of courts that may hear contempt proceedings; 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. **HB 567/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153850.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6555S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151318.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6555S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150675.pdf)
4. **LC 40 0784/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150324.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-03-05** House Hopper
- **2015-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 89 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c579abd4-e604-4d47-a349-878ad61aaa3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).