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type: "Bill"
title: "State Court of DeKalb County; landlords to remove personal property following execution of writs of possession within seven days; provide"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 577"
citation: "Georgia SB 577 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Kim Jackson", "Sally Harrell", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-11"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f08b7558-d720-4b3e-aaa0-1889351b4991"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7046050b1491ef5340eff10658fe74bec6bdffc7d20bca7b688603dbc1f04325"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226961.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227620.pdf)
3. **SB 577 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226967.pdf)
4. **SB 577/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229068.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #763 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **1711** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **540** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f08b7558-d720-4b3e-aaa0-1889351b4991`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).