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type: "Bill"
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title: "Marriage; change minimum age from 16 to 17 and require any person who is 17 to have been emancipated"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to marriage generally, so as to change the minimum age of marriage of a child from 16 to 17 years of age and to require any person who is 17 years of age to have been emancipated; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to child custody proceedings, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emancipation, so as to provide for requirements for filing a petition for emancipation for petitioners who desire to enter into a marriage; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 228"
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citation: "Georgia HB 228 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Debbie Buckner", "Jan Jones", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mary Oliver", "Scott Holcomb"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-08"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/170f41a7-de26-4f72-987a-dc44a56535a6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c299cead41d86007ef893a51b98258562238fff329bef5c085300f938926a118"
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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 228 (2019_20) — Marriage; change minimum age from 16 to 17 and require any person who is 17 to have been emancipated
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to marriage generally, so as to change the minimum age of marriage of a child from 16 to 17 years of age and to require any person who is 17 years of age to have been emancipated; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to child custody proceedings, so as to correct a cross-reference; to amend Article 10 of Chapter 11 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to emancipation, so as to provide for requirements for filing a petition for emancipation for petitioners who desire to enter into a marriage; 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. **HB 228/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187566.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1741ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180926.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 1848S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182902.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 1848S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182212.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1970S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185229.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **158–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-12** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 187 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/170f41a7-de26-4f72-987a-dc44a56535a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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