Georgia House Bill 357 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-15 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to name changes, so as to provide a process for individuals to change their surname to their birth certificate surname; to provide for applications; to provide for certificates of name change; to provide for transmittal of such certificates to the Department of Public Health; to provide that fraudulently depriving another of rights is not authorized; to amend Chapter 10 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to vital records, so as to provide for records of certificates of name change; to provide for regulations; to provide for maintenance of originals of applications and certificates; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Domestic relations; process for individuals to change surname to birth certificate surname; provide

Rep. Kimberly New [R]	Rep. Jodi Lott [R]	Rep. Joseph Gullett [R]	Rep. David Huddleston [R]
Rep. Bethany Ballard [R]	Rep. Brent Cox [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-15	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-14	House	House First Readers
2023-02-13	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64268
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/214332