republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-547.md

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Bill	Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 547	Georgia HB 547 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Jay Powell Wendell Willard	6	19	1	2015-03-03	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ca580090-dad9-464e-8cf1-0670b6ba515a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4245037b14d3f16c250f8e2e61a75d1cf6d0ae7f63999cb1cb854c126c57752e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 547 (2015_16) — Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; 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 547/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6467ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6560ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 6560ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6652ERS (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 7096ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 168–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-03 House Hopper
• 2015-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-01-11 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2016-03-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 423 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca580090-dad9-464e-8cf1-0670b6ba515a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).