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Bill Marriage; change minimum age from 16 to 17 and require any person who is 17 to have been emancipated A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to marriage generally, so as to change the minimum age of marriage of a child from 16 to 17 years of age and to require any person who is 17 years of age to have been emancipated; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to child custody proceedings, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emancipation, so as to provide for requirements for filing a petition for emancipation for petitioners who desire to enter into a marriage; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2019_20 HB 228 Georgia HB 228 (2019_20)
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Jan Jones
Mandi Ballinger
Mary Oliver
Scott Holcomb
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Georgia HB 228 (2019_20) — Marriage; change minimum age from 16 to 17 and require any person who is 17 to have been emancipated

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to marriage generally, so as to change the minimum age of marriage of a child from 16 to 17 years of age and to require any person who is 17 years of age to have been emancipated; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to child custody proceedings, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emancipation, so as to provide for requirements for filing a petition for emancipation for petitioners who desire to enter into a marriage; 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 228/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 41 1741ER/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 41 1848S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 41 1848S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. Sen ctee sub LC 41 1970S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 15813 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Andrew Welch — primary (person)
  • Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
  • Jan Jones — primary (person)
  • Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
  • Mary Oliver — primary (person)
  • Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-08 House Hopper
  • 2019-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2019-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2019-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2019-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2019-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2019-04-12 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-05-06 Act 187 executive-signature
  • 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/170f41a7-de26-4f72-987a-dc44a56535a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).