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type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed Property; handling of certain wills; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to provide for the handling of certain wills; to provide for definitions; to provide for administrative expenses of the commissioner; to provide for a claimant's designated representative; to provide for appeals; to provide for agreements for recovery; to provide for confidentiality; to provide a searchable data base for account information; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Georgia SB 103 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ed Harbison", "Emanuel Jones", "Jason Esteves", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Nikki Merritt", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson", "Sheikh Rahman", "Sonya Halpern", "Tonya Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624e8aab-d436-4fe4-b045-6d71cf91f33e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b81f1e7e3a656e03a55ee0745d9f2c8fe76be0a3846d1d30d057024b5fa512f2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 103 (2023_24) — Unclaimed Property; handling of certain wills; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to provide for the handling of certain wills; to provide for definitions; to provide for administrative expenses of the commissioner; to provide for a claimant's designated representative; to provide for appeals; to provide for agreements for recovery; to provide for confidentiality; to provide a searchable data base for account information; 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. **As introduced LC 44 2224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213800.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217183.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 51 0353S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217182.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217143.pdf)
5. **LC 55 0085S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219028.pdf)
6. **SB 103/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219683.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #166 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #295 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **148–3** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #308 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **43–4** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 81 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/624e8aab-d436-4fe4-b045-6d71cf91f33e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).