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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Property; joint tenants divorce or have marriage annulled under certain circumstances; provide procedure for tenancy in common"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 6 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to joint tenancy with survivorship, so as to provide for tenancy in common when joint tenants divorce or have their marriage annulled, under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 99"
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citation: "Georgia HB 99 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Jay Powell", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Mary Oliver", "Regina Quick", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-27"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe890c1f-7479-4292-9d07-da31e8ee1747"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c005a873f6cccf6903fc4f880d8cc24c7fd7bfeb8951c4f26adb0e537d17a4f6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 99 (2015_16) — Property; joint tenants divorce or have marriage annulled under certain circumstances; provide procedure for tenancy in common
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 8 of Chapter 6 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to joint tenancy with survivorship, so as to provide for tenancy in common when joint tenants divorce or have their marriage annulled, under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment - Welch of the 110th** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153556.pdf)
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2. **HB 99/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153770.pdf)
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3. **LC 29 6091/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145916.pdf)
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4. **LC 29 6403S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149611.pdf)
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5. **LC 29 6403S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148669.pdf)
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6. **Sen floor am 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153091.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **155–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Regina Quick — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 109 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe890c1f-7479-4292-9d07-da31e8ee1747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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