republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-865.md

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Bill	Wills, trusts, and administration of estates; Revised Probate Code of 1998; revise and update provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates; to amend Part 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deposits of deceased depositors; to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to statute of frauds; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to fraud; to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to lottery for education; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 865	Georgia HB 865 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Bonnie Rich David Dreyer Deborah Silcox Mitchell Scoggins	5	18	1	2020-01-31	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d768d2d6-403f-451a-b360-875e5a2982e5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7b791e55f7eebe15b7732168a83140b04969772052defe432268be644e7107e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 865 (2019_20) — Wills, trusts, and administration of estates; Revised Probate Code of 1998; revise and update provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates; to amend Part 12 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to deposits of deceased depositors; to amend Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to civil practice; to amend Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to commerce and trade; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 13 of the O.C.G.A., relating to statute of frauds; to amend Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to probate courts; to amend Title 19 of the O.C.G.A., relating to domestic relations; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to fraud; to amend Chapter 27 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to lottery for education; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 865/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 2234/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 2455S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 2455S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 41 2549S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 150–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
• David Dreyer — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-31 House Hopper
• 2020-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-05 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2020-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-03-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-15 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2020-06-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-06-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-06-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-06-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2020-07-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 508 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d768d2d6-403f-451a-b360-875e5a2982e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).