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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wills, trusts and administration of estates; notices to beneficiaries regarding issuance of letters testamentary; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate, so as to require personal representatives to send notices to beneficiaries regarding the issuance of letters testamentary or letters of administration; to provide for revocation of such letters as to personal representatives who fail to comply; to provide for trust beneficiary representation; to provide for a definition; to revise a definition regarding Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 91"
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citation: "Georgia HB 91 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett", "Soo Hong", "Stan Gunter", "Tyler Paul Smith", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-26"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc2ae87-747b-494c-b525-065fa73119f3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7b14638595d574dbae66bda7cdf94abe718853fa34c7354b314998fa149f13db"
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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 91 (2023_24) — Wills, trusts and administration of estates; notices to beneficiaries regarding issuance of letters testamentary; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to probate, so as to require personal representatives to send notices to beneficiaries regarding the issuance of letters testamentary or letters of administration; to provide for revocation of such letters as to personal representatives who fail to comply; to provide for trust beneficiary representation; to provide for a definition; to revise a definition regarding Uniform Transfer on Death Security Registration; 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 91/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219698.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2171/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212897.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #41 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #300 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Soo Hong — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-26** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Act 346 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/efc2ae87-747b-494c-b525-065fa73119f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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