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type: "Bill"
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title: "Domestic Relations; provisions relating to income withholding orders; change and clarify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to change and clarify provisions relating to income withholding orders; to provide for definitions; to align state law terminology with that of federal law by replacing the term \"income deduction order\" with \"income withholding order\"; to provide for conforming changes; 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: "SB 520"
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citation: "Georgia SB 520 (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: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "Bo Hatchett", "Brian Strickland", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Steve Gooch"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1621ac97-4bf9-4c3e-b0df-526a0d497881"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "21b36300b851ea19fe043debebdb63b20adf92c259eee719672f556e741a45fb"
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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 520 (2023_24) — Domestic Relations; provisions relating to income withholding orders; change and clarify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to domestic relations, so as to change and clarify provisions relating to income withholding orders; to provide for definitions; to align state law terminology with that of federal law by replacing the term "income deduction order" with "income withholding order"; to provide for conforming changes; 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. **As Introduced LC 57 0075** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224463.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225758.pdf)
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3. **SB 520/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228507.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #731 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #559 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 428 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/1621ac97-4bf9-4c3e-b0df-526a0d497881`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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