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
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Feb 1, 2024
Signed Apr 22, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2024 · House Mar 14, 2024
How they voted
45–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 50
Feb 27, 2024
D
Democratic21
85% Yea
R
Republican29
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 22, 2024
Signed into law
Act 424
upper
Apr 22, 2024
Signed into law
Senate Date Signed by Governor
upper
Mar 21, 2024
Introduced
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
upper
Mar 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Feb 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Blake Tillery
RRepublican
P
Brian Strickland
RRepublican
P
Harold Jones
DDemocratic
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
P
Steve Gooch
RRepublican
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