republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-19.md

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Bill	Courts; collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; to provide for written report disclosures; to provide for use of such fees; to provide for local Acts; to provide for applicability to judges of probate courts; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 19	Georgia SB 19 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Ed Setzler Elena Parent Frank Ginn Jason Anavitarte John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Max Burns Rick Williams Shawn Still Shelly Echols	8	18	5	2023-01-25	2025-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9e2e9fe8-5d9c-43db-bc79-a971b53aa700	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	24b98d8fcdb5c0680e4bdd9f2dfe9f227ee7284d427eb7e5da5e56fd3eab7ce7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 19 (2023_24) — Courts; collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to courts, so as to provide for collection of passport application and processing fees by clerks of superior courts and probate court judges; to provide for written report disclosures; to provide for use of such fees; to provide for local Acts; to provide for applicability to judges of probate courts; to provide for related matters; to provide 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 44 2146 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 44 2271S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1A (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 44 2504S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 49 1452S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 19/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #675 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 162–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #98 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 34–19 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #668 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #97 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 32–20 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #96 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 34–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-25 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-02-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-02-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-08 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-14 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 603 executive-signature
• 2025-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e2e9fe8-5d9c-43db-bc79-a971b53aa700. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).