republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-577.md

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Bill	State Court of DeKalb County; landlords to remove personal property following execution of writs of possession within seven days; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of DeKalb County, formerly known as the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County, approved February 14, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2401), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5059), so as to provide for landlords to remove personal property following execution of writs of possession within seven days of such execution; to authorize the marshal to remove such property after 14 days; to authorize the marshal to appoint ex-officio assistants to the marshal; to provide for the collection of costs associated with such removal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 577	Georgia SB 577 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Kim Jackson Sally Harrell Tonya Anderson	4	14	2	2024-03-11	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f08b7558-d720-4b3e-aaa0-1889351b4991	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7046050b1491ef5340eff10658fe74bec6bdffc7d20bca7b688603dbc1f04325	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 577 (2023_24) — State Court of DeKalb County; landlords to remove personal property following execution of writs of possession within seven days; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the State Court of DeKalb County, formerly known as the Civil and Criminal Court of DeKalb County, approved February 14, 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 2401), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 11, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5059), so as to provide for landlords to remove personal property following execution of writs of possession within seven days of such execution; to authorize the marshal to remove such property after 14 days; to authorize the marshal to appoint ex-officio assistants to the marshal; to provide for the collection of costs associated with such removal; 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 47 2808 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 577 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 577/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 171–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Sally Harrell — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-11 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-18 Senate Transmitted House
• 2024-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-03 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 634 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f08b7558-d720-4b3e-aaa0-1889351b4991. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).