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type: "Bill"
title: "Courts; oath for certain clerks of the probate court; require and provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction, power, and duties, so as to require and to provide for an oath for certain clerks of the probate court; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 97"
citation: "Georgia HB 97 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Mary Oliver", "Matthew Wilson", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/debdedb6-89ae-4ef9-aa5e-20ae59a5e3fe"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c51697edd7de273a518b84c654130526b8c835085f666b6bef056fa243567389"
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 HB 97 (2021_22) — Courts; oath for certain clerks of the probate court; require and provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to jurisdiction, power, and duties, so as to require and to provide for an oath for certain clerks of the probate court; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 97/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202400.pdf)
2. **LC 41 2658/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195822.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-14** House Hopper
- **2021-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 170 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/debdedb6-89ae-4ef9-aa5e-20ae59a5e3fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).