---
type: "Bill"
title: "Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to change provisions relating to marriage articles; to provide for a definition; to clarify provisions relating to antenuptial agreements; to repeal provisions relating to recording certain documents; to modernize terminology and repeal arcane concepts; to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; to conform cross-references; 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: "HB 190"
citation: "Georgia HB 190 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver", "Meagan Hanson", "Regina Quick", "Trey Kelley", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/863ad5f2-b082-49b4-b872-d5681131d4c4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "62c50b53c211aa8a3652f992b27e24f395186fbb98f056a0a734ca643bb1bdea"
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 190 (2017_18) — Domestic relations; marriage articles and antenuptial agreements; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marriage generally, so as to change provisions relating to marriage articles; to provide for a definition; to clarify provisions relating to antenuptial agreements; to repeal provisions relating to recording certain documents; to modernize terminology and repeal arcane concepts; to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to change provisions relating to agreements required to be in writing; to conform cross-references; 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 — **171–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Meagan Hanson — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** House Hopper
- **2017-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 305 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/863ad5f2-b082-49b4-b872-d5681131d4c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).