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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bankruptcy; judgments against exempt property; provide for the discharge"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to provide for the discharge of judgments against exempt property in bankruptcy; to provide for procedure; to provide for the effect of an order; 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 87"
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citation: "Georgia SB 87 (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", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Harold Jones II", "Jesse Stone", "Lee Anderson", "Rick Jeffares"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-01-26"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c199983d-b984-4ab7-9808-52647c85bbee"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7962ac26d76aa02a5369f75191968ebb7ba2bc8df917e57c51b7d342250e6212"
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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 87 (2017_18) — Bankruptcy; judgments against exempt property; provide for the discharge
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to provide for the discharge of judgments against exempt property in bankruptcy; to provide for procedure; to provide for the effect of an order; 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 — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-26** Senate Hopper
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- **2017-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-30** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Act 234 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/c199983d-b984-4ab7-9808-52647c85bbee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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