republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-433.md

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Bill	Nonprofit Corporations; enact "Donor Intent Protection Act"; provide definitions; charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions; prohibit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for nonprofit corporations, so as to enact the "Donor Intent Protection Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to prohibit charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions made with donor imposed restrictions, subject to exceptions; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for a limitations period; to provide for venue; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 433	Georgia SB 433 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Brandon Beach John Albers John F. Kennedy Randy Robertson Steve Gooch	7	18	4	2024-01-30	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/39b1b6d9-cad3-481b-be12-77e5c78be850	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	da419e925843aec0393c4a05fdd3ff32e03ab208b11ee50324523890a1ac0ccc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 433 (2023_24) — Nonprofit Corporations; enact "Donor Intent Protection Act"; provide definitions; charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 14 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for nonprofit corporations, so as to enact the "Donor Intent Protection Act"; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to prohibit charitable organizations from violating the terms of charitable contributions made with donor imposed restrictions, subject to exceptions; to provide for a cause of action; to provide for a limitations period; to provide for venue; to provide for remedies; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1729 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 36 5766S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1 AM 36 0973 (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 48 1312S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 433/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #567 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 37–15 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #754 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 157–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #568 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 44–9 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #775 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 44–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-26 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 423 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39b1b6d9-cad3-481b-be12-77e5c78be850. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).