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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; provide for probate court fees; funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; amend"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide for probate court fees; to provide for funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; to revise provisions regarding additional fees; to amend Code Section 25-10-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display, application, imposition of conditions as to granting of permit, duration and transfer of permit, disposition of excess fireworks, and fees, and Chapter 6 of Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to judges of probate courts as custodians of certain funds, so as to repeal a provision regarding compensation of probate court judges; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 232"
citation: "Georgia SB 232 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "John F. Kennedy", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2025-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7705bfc-b6f3-4cd5-8d19-6c3b5851878e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bb8335015ac5adfc45bf7727b81734d04acd02a456fae2cde6dc10e68d9c409c"
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 232 (2023_24) — Courts; provide for probate court fees; funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display; amend
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to provide for probate court fees; to provide for funding of the State Children's Trust Fund; to revise provisions regarding additional fees; to amend Code Section 25-10-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to requirement of permit for conduct of fireworks display, application, imposition of conditions as to granting of permit, duration and transfer of permit, disposition of excess fireworks, and fees, and Chapter 6 of Title 29 of the O.C.G.A., relating to judges of probate courts as custodians of certain funds, so as to repeal a provision regarding compensation of probate court judges; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 2301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215573.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224639.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 44 2650S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223113.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1276S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226728.pdf)
5. **SB 232/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228474.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #691 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **1681** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #724 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **440** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #520 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-22** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 515 `executive-signature`
- **2025-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7705bfc-b6f3-4cd5-8d19-6c3b5851878e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).