---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property; change provisions relating to an exemption"
description: "A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for the purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to change provisions relating to an exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Georgia SB 65 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold Jones II", "Hunter Hill", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Joshua McKoon", "Tyler Harper", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-28"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/555be593-8b88-472e-bba3-84d627944861"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dd9768f63c8ac471c57436822fb57e078e1bf4dd123f56474cd815624ac2cfaf"
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 65 (2015_16) — Property; change provisions relating to an exemption

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for the purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to change provisions relating to an exemption; 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 29 6251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146306.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148533.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6614ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152256.pdf)
4. **SB 65/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153997.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **46–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Hunter Hill — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-28** Senate Hopper
- **2015-01-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-31** House Postponed
- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 167 `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/555be593-8b88-472e-bba3-84d627944861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).