republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-232.md

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Bill	Courts; provide for probate court fees; funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; amend	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide for probate court fees; to provide for funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; to revise provisions regarding additional fees; to amend Code Section 25-10-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display, application, imposition of conditions as to granting of permit, duration and transfer of permit, disposition of excess fireworks, and fees, and Chapter 6 of Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to judges of probate courts as custodians of certain funds, so as to repeal a provision regarding compensation of probate court judges; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 232	Georgia SB 232 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Blake Tillery Brian Strickland John F. Kennedy Steve Gooch	5	16	3	2023-02-22	2025-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e7705bfc-b6f3-4cd5-8d19-6c3b5851878e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bb8335015ac5adfc45bf7727b81734d04acd02a456fae2cde6dc10e68d9c409c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 232 (2023_24) — Courts; provide for probate court fees; funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; amend

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide for probate court fees; to provide for funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; to revise provisions regarding additional fees; to amend Code Section 25-10-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display, application, imposition of conditions as to granting of permit, duration and transfer of permit, disposition of excess fireworks, and fees, and Chapter 6 of Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to judges of probate courts as custodians of certain funds, so as to repeal a provision regarding compensation of probate court judges; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 2301 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 44 2650S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 48 1276S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 232/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #691 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #724 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #520 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-22 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-08 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 515 executive-signature
• 2025-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e7705bfc-b6f3-4cd5-8d19-6c3b5851878e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).