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Bill Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wrongful death, so as to provide that a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates generally, so as to provide for forfeiture of an intestate share of an estate under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 543 Georgia SB 543 (2021_22)
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Brian Strickland
Elena Parent
Emanuel Jones
Jennifer Jordan
Sonya Halpern
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Georgia SB 543 (2021_22) — Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wrongful death, so as to provide that a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates generally, so as to provide for forfeiture of an intestate share of an estate under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 49 0856 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB 543/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 520 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Elena Parent — primary (person)
  • Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
  • Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
  • Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-22 Senate Hopper
  • 2022-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-03-15 Senate Tabled
  • 2022-03-15 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2022-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-03-16 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2022-03-17 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2022-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-09 Act 847 executive-signature
  • 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62221df3-094a-4e60-a9c8-7882a5c6e30d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).