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| Bill | Child Support in Final Verdict or Decree; court's discretion in making a final determination of support; provisions; change | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child support in final verdict or decree, guidelines for determining amount of award, continuation of duty to provide support, and duration of support, so as to change provisions relating to the court's discretion in making a final determination of support; to change provisions relating to reliable evidence of income, voluntary unemployment, and involuntary loss of income to account for a parent's incarceration; to change provisions relating to health insurance; to change provisions relating to specific and nonspecific deviations; to change provisions relating to work related child care costs; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 427 | Georgia SB 427 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 427 (2017_18) — Child Support in Final Verdict or Decree; court's discretion in making a final determination of support; provisions; change
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 19-6-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to child support in final verdict or decree, guidelines for determining amount of award, continuation of duty to provide support, and duration of support, so as to change provisions relating to the court's discretion in making a final determination of support; to change provisions relating to reliable evidence of income, voluntary unemployment, and involuntary loss of income to account for a parent's incarceration; to change provisions relating to health insurance; to change provisions relating to specific and nonspecific deviations; to change provisions relating to work related child care costs; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-13 Senate Hopper
- 2018-02-14 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-21 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-02-23 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-02-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-02-26 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-02-28 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-27 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-08 Act 475
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1766f224-ac01-43b0-a7dd-376eaa0dcc8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).