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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates; neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5; clarify"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 5, 15, 44, and 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, courts, property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates, respectively, so as to clarify that neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5 over any nonappealable order of a probate court subject to such chapter; to provide for de novo proceeding with the right to a jury trial of certain probate court final judgments; 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 450"
citation: "Georgia SB 450 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Brian Strickland", "Harold Jones II", "John F. Kennedy", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e85697d-340c-4f51-b13d-8f1efdd6e2cc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cd1ecae7cd620ec5b99b0fce5f16cd35dcf4aa1869fb276c70f4a009535768ad"
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 450 (2023_24) — Courts; property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates; neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5; clarify
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Titles 5, 15, 44, and 53 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error, courts, property, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates, respectively, so as to clarify that neither superior court nor a state court shall have appellate jurisdiction pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 5 over any nonappealable order of a probate court subject to such chapter; to provide for de novo proceeding with the right to a jury trial of certain probate court final judgments; 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 49 1741** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222852.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225825.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 49 1767S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224316.pdf)
4. **LC 56 0161S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226727.pdf)
5. **SB 450/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228492.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #733 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #699 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #569 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-01** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 424 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e85697d-340c-4f51-b13d-8f1efdd6e2cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).