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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wrongful death, so as to provide that a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates generally, so as to provide for forfeiture of an intestate share of an estate under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 543"
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citation: "Georgia SB 543 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Jennifer Jordan", "Sonya Halpern"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-22"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62221df3-094a-4e60-a9c8-7882a5c6e30d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d281e81b28f25d7a3aa1bf964012b1af3780690270e6438c79f03d113e065c1e"
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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 543 (2021_22) — Wrongful Death; a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wrongful death, so as to provide that a parent who is determined to be responsible for the homicide of his or her child shall have no right of recovery against the value of the child's life; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 1 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to wills, trusts, and administration of estates generally, so as to provide for forfeiture of an intestate share of an estate under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 49 0856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207315.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209531.pdf)
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3. **SB 543/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210559.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
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- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Tabled
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-09** Act 847 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** 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/62221df3-094a-4e60-a9c8-7882a5c6e30d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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