republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-34.md

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Bill	Domestic Relations; name change; victims of human trafficking may petition; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to name change, so as to provide that victims of human trafficking may petition for name change under seal; to provide for a definition; to provide for determination by the court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 34	Georgia SB 34 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Clint Dixon Elena Parent Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte Jeff Mullis John Albers John Kennedy Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sheikh Rahman Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	3	15	1	2021-01-27	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/13c79b3e-2def-452c-b8cf-d5384fae51b8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	72cc4e6ce5ade4b2b48e55d4d8d1be9c61881f70def69282804ea9e38e9ccc5a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 34 (2021_22) — Domestic Relations; name change; victims of human trafficking may petition; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to name change, so as to provide that victims of human trafficking may petition for name change under seal; to provide for a definition; to provide for determination by the court; 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. As introduced LC 41 2682-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 34/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-27 Senate Hopper
• 2021-01-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-02-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-27 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-27 Act 29 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13c79b3e-2def-452c-b8cf-d5384fae51b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).