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type: "Bill"
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title: "Child Support in Final Verdict or Decree; court's discretion in making a final determination of support; provisions; change"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 427"
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citation: "Georgia SB 427 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Elena Parent", "Harold Jones II", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-13"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1766f224-ac01-43b0-a7dd-376eaa0dcc8b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b51f199a78f4ec5c212a615d3b45bf4f83420f5b591a90079b49db9eadef0fe1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-13** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 475 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1766f224-ac01-43b0-a7dd-376eaa0dcc8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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