republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-135.md

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Bill	Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to align evidentiary medical and genetic testing with the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 135	Georgia SB 135 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bo Hatchett Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Jason Esteves John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Kim Jackson Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Rick Williams Sam Watson Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch	4	16	2	2023-02-09	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1f35a63e-d0c0-4261-9fc6-4a1c4c42220e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	38c410458c0eb03016602a2c47a862daf441d10fee2a0fc0b3a6863aed7dbe5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 135 (2023_24) — Paternity; Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; align evidentiary medical and genetic testing

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to determination of paternity, so as to align evidentiary medical and genetic testing with the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017; 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 48 0818 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 48 0857S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 135/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #269 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #109 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 House Postponed
• 2023-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-02 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-02 Act 244 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f35a63e-d0c0-4261-9fc6-4a1c4c42220e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).