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type: "Bill"
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title: "Garnishment Proceedings; maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment; change"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to change the maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment and conform the form used therewith; to clarify various provisions; to change provisions relating to serving the defendant; to change provisions relating to the introduction of evidence and how judgments are paid; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 194"
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citation: "Georgia SB 194 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Marty Harbin"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5249e3a6-4be2-4445-9410-e80abaaff0e5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7ea816c5a961401bd0e1775925e97cc3ed90a73d04f942bb2022c2bac89b51de"
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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 SB 194 (2017_18) — Garnishment Proceedings; maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment; change
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to change the maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment and conform the form used therewith; to clarify various provisions; to change provisions relating to serving the defendant; to change provisions relating to the introduction of evidence and how judgments are paid; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-08** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-01-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-01-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Act 459 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** 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/5249e3a6-4be2-4445-9410-e80abaaff0e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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