republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-543.md

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Bill	Domestic relations; equitable caregivers; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding parent and child relationship generally, so as to provide for equitable caregivers; to provide for standing and adjudication; to provide for a statutory form; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 543	Georgia HB 543 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bonnie Rich Chuck Efstration Mary Oliver Mike Wilensky	7	18	1	2019-02-28	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/765ba477-14b9-4227-b8e0-8d11c1b81c30	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ba79bd089656379962af12f66565b84af308cd8b53d59ceef13fcceb26d895b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 543 (2019_20) — Domestic relations; equitable caregivers; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding parent and child relationship generally, so as to provide for equitable caregivers; to provide for standing and adjudication; to provide for a statutory form; 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 543/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 1903/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 1915S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 1915S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 543 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 41 1967S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 41 0454 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 142–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Mike Wilensky — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-28 House Hopper
• 2019-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2019-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2019-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 218 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/765ba477-14b9-4227-b8e0-8d11c1b81c30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).