republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-896.md

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Bill	Domestic relations; process by which individuals may change their married surname to previous surname following divorce; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to divorce, so as to provide for a process by which individuals may change their married surname to a prior surname or the given surname on their birth certificate following a divorce; to provide for applicability; 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	2023_24	HB 896	Georgia HB 896 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bethany Ballard Brent Cox David Huddleston Jodi Lott Joseph Gullett Kimberly New	4	17	2	2024-01-10	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/2d9a2570-a032-4a19-84b3-a258a81009ee	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bea639a05f8fac36a38b077db319d9711e6d890d711c5f645ccc864576fe7ae3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 896 (2023_24) — Domestic relations; process by which individuals may change their married surname to previous surname following divorce; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to divorce, so as to provide for a process by which individuals may change their married surname to a prior surname or the given surname on their birth certificate following a divorce; to provide for applicability; 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. HB 896/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2464/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 57 0061S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 57 0061S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #751 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #505 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• David Huddleston — primary (person)
• Jodi Lott — primary (person)
• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Kimberly New — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-21 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 397 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d9a2570-a032-4a19-84b3-a258a81009ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).