---
type: "Bill"
title: "Probate Courts; general provisions; change and modernize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts, so as to change and modernize certain general provisions for probate courts; to amend Code Section 1-3-1, relating to construction of statutes generally, so as to conform 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 436"
citation: "Georgia SB 436 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/119725a5-e193-4ec4-8b13-449e2d1c7a60"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d02baa15fe6d7c6b35cf7ec330abfa188ac15b9eeda42b08b7b82b065dc1ec5d"
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 436 (2017_18) — Probate Courts; general provisions; change and modernize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts, so as to change and modernize certain general provisions for probate courts; to amend Code Section 1-3-1, relating to construction of statutes generally, so as to conform 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 — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-06** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 405 `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/119725a5-e193-4ec4-8b13-449e2d1c7a60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).