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type: "Bill"
title: "Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 547"
citation: "Georgia HB 547 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Jay Powell", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-03"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca580090-dad9-464e-8cf1-0670b6ba515a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4245037b14d3f16c250f8e2e61a75d1cf6d0ae7f63999cb1cb854c126c57752e"
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 HB 547 (2015_16) — Estates; taxes and tax liens; change provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to year's support, so as to change provisions relating to taxes and tax liens; to provide for a definition; 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. **HB 547/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162314.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6467ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149915.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6560ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151334.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6560ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150729.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6652ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152740.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7096ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160123.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1681** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-03-03** House Hopper
- **2015-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 423 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca580090-dad9-464e-8cf1-0670b6ba515a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).