---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; authorization for electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to time, place, and procedure, so as to provide for authorization for the electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for fees; to provide for access to pleadings for certain staff and litigants; to provide for limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 530"
citation: "Georgia HB 530 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver", "Matt Reeves", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bce72529-364d-4d0b-82f0-78dbd2f40af7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "476317c5466a5b764c99d944bfef8c7a8dc9a662c4c2cb1974194c246e41e30c"
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 530 (2025_26) — Courts; authorization for electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to time, place, and procedure, so as to provide for authorization for the electronic filing of pleadings in probate court; to provide for the promulgation of rules; to provide for fees; to provide for access to pleadings for certain staff and litigants; to provide for limitations; 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. **HB 530/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247867.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1457/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232976.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2794S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246189.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #781 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #806 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #207 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **174–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 383 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bce72529-364d-4d0b-82f0-78dbd2f40af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).