---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alimony and Child Support; guidelines for child support award calculations; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alimony and child support, so as to provide for guidelines for child support award calculations; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 454"
citation: "Georgia SB 454 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc76dce7-efd6-44f3-882c-f1942ab9f528"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0a197d8254b9bbe15bf04fcbe87ccfead1f86c3c32180bdf086b6a40a6f6ab7e"
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 454 (2023_24) — Alimony and Child Support; guidelines for child support award calculations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to alimony and child support, so as to provide for guidelines for child support award calculations; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226152.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 48 1100** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222894.pdf)
3. **LC 56 0170S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227064.pdf)
4. **SB 454/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229638.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #711 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #833 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #603 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 618 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc76dce7-efd6-44f3-882c-f1942ab9f528`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).