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| Bill | Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act; party may bring a counterclaim for contempt in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act, so as to provide that a party may bring a counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order or for modification of legal or physical custody in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; to revise definitions; to provide that a party may make a cross-motion or counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order in response to a motion for contempt or enforcement of a custody order; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | SB 190 | Georgia SB 190 (2019_20) |
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5 | 18 | 1 | 2019-02-25 | 2019-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/f26ed038-2381-4903-af83-f3997fa2db16 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 75c07911d098f9c52c977565255b21fd42be1cb6fed62e32b6afcdc84b66b95d | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 190 (2019_20) — Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act; party may bring a counterclaim for contempt in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Child Custody Intrastate Jurisdiction Act, so as to provide that a party may bring a counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order or for modification of legal or physical custody in response to a complaint seeking a change of legal or physical custody; to revise definitions; to provide that a party may make a cross-motion or counterclaim for contempt or enforcement of a child custody order in response to a motion for contempt or enforcement of a custody order; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- As Introduced LC 41 1839 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- LC 41 2024S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- LC 48 0135S/hrs (committee substitute) — source
- SB 190/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 52–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-02-25 Senate Hopper
- 2019-02-26 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2019-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-01 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2019-03-07 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2019-03-07 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2019-03-08 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2019-03-11 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2019-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-03-29 House Postponed
- 2019-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
withdrawal, referral-committee - 2019-04-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2019-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2019-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2019-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2019-05-07 Act 281
executive-signature - 2019-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f26ed038-2381-4903-af83-f3997fa2db16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).