---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemetery and Funeral Services; unitrust distribution method provisions; permit a cemetery to request a trustee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cemetery and funeral services, so as to permit a cemetery or cemetery company to request a trustee to distribute income earned by an irrevocable trust fund utilizing certain unitrust distribution method provisions; to provide for a definition; to modify a cross-reference; 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: "SB 147"
citation: "Georgia SB 147 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Judson Hill", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Rick Jeffares", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23459d13-51e5-4e0d-9014-6b1ea7716028"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c76a0470dfdafa0ce6fedc77634fb424afd0f552ce536a92ba2d482ad1cf68b4"
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 147 (2017_18) — Cemetery and Funeral Services; unitrust distribution method provisions; permit a cemetery to request a trustee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 14 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cemetery and funeral services, so as to permit a cemetery or cemetery company to request a trustee to distribute income earned by an irrevocable trust fund utilizing certain unitrust distribution method provisions; to provide for a definition; to modify a cross-reference; 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 — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)
- Michael Williams — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 209 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23459d13-51e5-4e0d-9014-6b1ea7716028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).