SB 508 - Probate Courts; update/change provisions
Current Status
05/14/08 - Senate Date Signed by Governor First Reader Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 10, Chapter 9 of Title 15, Title 29, and Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the relations between principal and agent, probate courts, guardian and ward, and wills, trusts, and administration of estates, respectively, so as to update and change provisions affecting the probate courts; to update a reference to a conservator involving incompetency or incapacity of a principal on a power of attorney; to change references relating to the power to cite absconding fiduciaries; to change provisions relating to place and time for holding court; to provide for quarterly terms of court rather than monthly; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Votes
Electronically Recorded Votes| Date | Time | Vote No | Yeas | Nays | NV | Exc | Description |
|---|
| 03/04/2008 | 11:14AM | Senate Vote #659 | 049 | 000 | 002 | 005 | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE |
| 04/01/2008 | 3:30PM | House Vote #938 | 161 | 001 | 015 | 003 | PASS |
| 04/04/2008 | 3:10PM | Senate Vote #976 | 052 | 000 | 001 | 003 | AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE |
Status History
Bill History| Date | Action |
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| 02/22/2008 | Senate Read and Referred |
| 02/27/2008 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| 02/28/2008 | Senate Read Second Time |
| 03/04/2008 | Senate Third Read |
| 03/04/2008 | Senate Passed/Adopted |
| 03/05/2008 | House First Readers |
| 03/06/2008 | House Second Readers |
| 03/20/2008 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 04/01/2008 | House Third Readers |
| 04/01/2008 | House Passed/Adopted |
| 04/04/2008 | Senate Agrees House Amend or Sub |
| 04/11/2008 | Senate Sent to Governor |
| 05/14/2008 | Senate Date Signed by Governor |
| 05/14/2008 | Act 685 |
| 07/01/2008 | Effective Date |
