---
type: "Bill"
title: "Official Code of Georgia Annotated; amend various titles"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to financial institutions; to amend Chapter 6B of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia power of attorney; to amend Code Section 15-9-127 of the O.C.G.A., relating to concurrent jurisdiction with superior courts and probate court jurisdiction; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations; to amend Code Section 24-12-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to disclosure of AIDS confidential information; to amend Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to guardian and ward; to amend Code Section 31-10-9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration of births; to amend Code Section 43-34-37 of the O.C.G.A.; to amend Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to property; to amend Code Section 51-4-2 of the O.C.G.A.,; to amend Title 53 of the O.C.G.A.; 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 327"
citation: "Georgia HB 327 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKING AND FINANCE", "COMMERCE AND TRADE", "COURTS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "EDUCATION", "EVIDENCE", "GUARDIAN AND WARD", "HEALTH", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "PROPERTY", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "TORTS", "WILLS", "TRUSTS", "AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Mary Oliver", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Stacey Evans", "Stan Gunter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eb7af64-a09f-417c-ad25-c55517fb4747"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cda421a36032f473fc7f69789998cba0315b2822b138d9d2400df3b7c93c209f"
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 327 (2025_26) — Official Code of Georgia Annotated; amend various titles

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to financial institutions; to amend Chapter 6B of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to Georgia power of attorney; to amend Code Section 15-9-127 of the O.C.G.A., relating to concurrent jurisdiction with superior courts and probate court jurisdiction; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations; to amend Code Section 24-12-21 of the O.C.G.A., relating to disclosure of AIDS confidential information; to amend Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to guardian and ward; to amend Code Section 31-10-9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to registration of births; to amend Code Section 43-34-37 of the O.C.G.A.; to amend Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to property; to amend Code Section 51-4-2 of the O.C.G.A.,; to amend Title 53 of the O.C.G.A.; 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 327/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238505.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1418/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231670.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1516S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234786.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1516S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233373.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #368 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #129 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **176–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-04** 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`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 310 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eb7af64-a09f-417c-ad25-c55517fb4747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).