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Georgia updates transfer-on-death real estate deeds and restricts local agricultural ordinances
Original title: Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on agricultural land
Last action · April 22, 2026: House Date Signed by GovernorSponsors: David Jenkins and 5 others
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What This Bill Does
House Bill 413 revises the requirements for s by establishing a nine-month deadline for beneficiaries to record acceptance affidavits, grants beneficiaries direct access to vital records, and prohibits local governments from regulating crop management, animal husbandry, and livestock.
Why it matters
Property owners using s face strict new deadlines and documentation requirements to secure property ownership after a death, while local governments lose the authority to pass ordinances regulating farming and livestock practices on private property.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Directly affected
Designated grantee beneficiaries
Beneficiaries must follow strict recording timelines and affidavit requirements within nine months of a property owner's death to successfully take ownership of real estate.
Directly affected
Counties and municipalities
Local governments lose the legal authority to enact or enforce local ordinances regulating crop management, animal husbandry, and livestock on private property.
Directly affected
Personal representatives of estates
Estate representatives gain specific powers to incur maintenance and tax expenses on solvent or insolvent properties and establish priority liens or sell properties facing imminent destruction.
Key Facts
- Designated beneficiaries of transfer-on-death deeds must record an acceptance affidavit, real estate transfer tax declaration form, and related documents within nine months of a record owner's death occurring on or after July 1, 2026, or the property reverts to the estate.
- Designated beneficiaries are granted a direct and tangible interest in real estate for the purpose of applying for a certified copy of the record owner's death certificate.
- An attorney-in-fact is explicitly prohibited from executing a transfer-on-death deed on behalf of a record owner.
- Counties, municipalities, consolidated governments, and other political subdivisions are prohibited from adopting or enforcing ordinances regulating crop management, animal husbandry, or livestock on private property.
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- Personal representatives of solvent estates are authorized to incur expenses for mortgage payments, property taxes, and emergency repairs, gaining a priority special lien against the property if not repaid within one year.
- If a designated beneficiary dies prior to the record owner or before accepting the property, the transfer lapses and is split evenly among surviving beneficiaries rather than reverting to the estate.
- A record owner may revoke a transfer-on-death deed at any time prior to death by recording a revoking instrument signed by the owner and attested by an officer and two witnesses.
- Petitions for a year's support by a surviving spouse or minor child's guardian must be filed within 24 months of the decedent's date of death.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the deadline for a beneficiary to accept a transfer-on-death deed after a property owner dies?
For deaths occurring on or after July 1, 2026, the designated beneficiary must record the acceptance affidavit and related documents within nine months of the record owner's death, or the property reverts to the estate.
Can local city or county governments regulate farming or livestock on private property under this law?
No. The law explicitly prohibits counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing ordinances that regulate crop management, animal husbandry, or livestock on private property.
Can someone use a power of attorney to sign a transfer-on-death deed for a property owner?
No. An attorney-in-fact is explicitly not authorized to execute a on behalf of a record owner.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 22, 2026HouseEnrolledHouse Date Signed by Governor
- Apr 22, 2026GovernorEnrolledAct 379
- Apr 22, 2026Georgia General AssemblyEffective Date
- Apr 10, 2026HouseHouse Sent to Governor
- Apr 2, 2026HouseFloorHouse Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- Mar 31, 2026SenateSenate Third Read
Show 10 earlier actions
- Mar 31, 2026SenateFloorSenate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
- Mar 20, 2026SenateSenate Read Second Time
- Mar 19, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
- Mar 4, 2025SenateIntroducedSenate Read and Referred
- Mar 3, 2025HouseHouse Third Readers
- Mar 3, 2025HouseFloorHouse Passed/Adopted
- Feb 26, 2025HouseCommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported
- Feb 18, 2025HouseHouse Second Readers
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse First Readers
- Feb 12, 2025HouseIntroducedHouse Hopper
Version history & redline
3 versions on fileComparing Sen Ctee Sub LC 49 2832S → HB 413/AP*
removed addedOfficial text
26 removed: LC 49 2832S
The Senate Committee on Agriculture added: HB 413/AP
House Bill 413 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By: Representatives Jenkins of the 136th , Huddleston of the 72nd , Campbell of the 171st ,
Ridley of the 22nd , and removed: Consumer Affairs offered added: Byrd of the removed: following
substitute to HB 413:
added: 20th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 31-10-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certified copies of
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Redline computed from the official version text (record lane).View this version →
Voting Record
Agree to Senate Substitute
Total
176
- Yes
- 96
- No
- 70
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 6
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 4
How they voted (176)
Don ParsonsParty not recordedyes
Long TranParty not recordedno
Shaw BlackmonParty not recordednot voting
Trey RhodesParty not recordedyes
Betsy HollandParty not recordedno
Karla DrennerParty not recordedno
Dale WashburnParty not recordedno
Bill WerkheiserParty not recordedno
Chuck EfstrationParty not recordedyes
Robert FlournoyParty not recordedyes
Scott HiltonParty not recordedyes
Bill FincherParty not recordedyes
Rick JasperseParty not recordedyes
Eric GislerParty not recordedno
Bryce BerryParty not recordedno
David ClarkParty not recordedyes
Josh BonnerParty not recordedyes
Buddy DeLoachParty not recordedyes
Vance SmithParty not recordedyes
Mitchell HornerParty not recordedyes
Yasmin NealParty not recordedexcused
Dar'shun KendrickParty not recordedno
Charlice ByrdParty not recordedyes
Sharon CooperParty not recordedyes
152 more members
Edna JacksonParty not recordedexcused
El-Mahdi HollyParty not recordedno
Robert DickeyParty not recordedyes
Matt HatchettParty not recordedyes
Esther PanitchParty not recordedno
Mary Ann SantosParty not recordedno
Solomon AdesanyaParty not recordedyes
Inga WillisParty not recordedno
Imani BarnesParty not recordedno
Tyler SmithParty not recordedno
Carl GilliardParty not recordedyes
Spencer FryeParty not recordedno
Carmen RiceParty not recordedyes
Matt DubnikParty not recordedyes
Stacey EvansParty not recordedno
Gabriel SanchezParty not recordedno
Jason RidleyParty not recordedno
Lynn SmithParty not recordedyes
Terry CummingsParty not recordedno
Alan PowellParty not recordedyes
John LaHoodParty not recordedyes
Emory DunahooParty not recordedyes
Sylvia Wayfer BakerParty not recordedno
Shea RobertsParty not recordedno
Tanya MillerParty not recordedyes
Eric BellParty not recordedno
Darlene TaylorParty not recordedyes
Deborah SilcoxParty not recordedyes
Demetrius DouglasParty not recordedno
Bill HitchensParty not recordedyes
Karlton HowardParty not recordedno
Butch ParrishParty not recordedyes
Jutt HowardParty not recordedyes
Saira DraperParty not recordedyes
Ruwa RommanParty not recordedno
Lehman FranklinParty not recordedno
Rhonda BurnoughParty not recordedno
Mitchell ScogginsParty not recordedyes
Teddy ReeseParty not recordedno
Regina Lewis-WardParty not recordedno
Stan GunterParty not recordedyes
Kimberly AlexanderParty not recordedno
Billy MitchellParty not recordedno
Omari CrawfordParty not recordedno
Matt BartonParty not recordedyes
Viola DavisParty not recordedno
Rob CliftonParty not recordedyes
Bill YeartaParty not recordedyes
Ron StephensParty not recordedyes
Tim FlemingParty not recordedyes
Jaclyn FordParty not recordedyes
Debbie BucknerParty not recordedno
Angie O'SteenParty not recordedyes
Noelle KahaianParty not recordedyes
Mark NewtonParty not recordedyes
Jordan RidleyParty not recordedyes
Lauren McDonaldParty not recordedyes
Devan SeabaughParty not recordedyes
Jasmine ClarkParty not recordedno
Gary RichardsonParty not recordednot voting
Rey MartinezParty not recordedyes
Doreen CarterParty not recordedno
Joe CampbellParty not recordedyes
Will WadeParty not recordedyes
Jon BurnsParty not recordednot voting
Sam ParkParty not recordedno
Mack JacksonParty not recordedexcused
Todd JonesParty not recordedyes
Danny MathisParty not recordedyes
Brian PrinceParty not recordedyes
Akbar AliParty not recordedno
Beth CampParty not recordedyes
Mary Margaret OliverParty not recordedno
Brad ThomasParty not recordedyes
Chris ErwinParty not recordedyes
David WilkersonParty not recordedno
Steven MeeksParty not recordedno
Sheila JonesParty not recordedno
Kim SchofieldParty not recordedno
Floyd GriffinParty not recordedno
Steve TarvinParty not recordedyes
Holt PersingerParty not recordedyes
Anne WestbrookParty not recordedno
Steven SainzParty not recordednot voting
Marvin LimParty not recordedno
Miriam ParisParty not recordedno
Dewey McClainParty not recordedno
Rick TownsendParty not recordedyes
Houston GainesParty not recordedyes
Carter BarrettParty not recordednot voting
Ginny EhrhartParty not recordedyes
Karen MathiakParty not recordedyes
Carolyn HugleyParty not recordedno
Derrick McCollumParty not recordedyes
James BurchettParty not recordedyes
David HuddlestonParty not recordedyes
John CarsonParty not recordedyes
Park CannonParty not recordedno
Scott HolcombParty not recordedno
Gerald GreeneParty not recordedyes
Debra BazemoreParty not recordedno
Lee HawkinsParty not recordedyes
Kimberly NewParty not recordedyes
Jesse PetreaParty not recordedyes
Matt ReevesParty not recordedyes
Sandy DonatucciParty not recordedyes
Leesa HaganParty not recordedyes
Matthew GambillParty not recordedyes
Noel WilliamsParty not recordedyes
Chas CannonParty not recordedyes
Michelle AuParty not recordedno
Joseph GullettParty not recordedyes
Al WilliamsParty not recordedno
Michael SmithParty not recordedno
Mike CameronParty not recordedyes
Mary Frances WilliamsParty not recordedno
Rhonda TaylorParty not recordedno
Mekyah McQueenParty not recordedno
Clint CroweParty not recordedyes
Segun AdeyinaParty not recordedno
Nissa JonesParty not recordedno
Lydia GlaizeParty not recordedyes
Eddie LumsdenParty not recordedyes
John CorbettParty not recordedyes
Soo HongParty not recordedyes
Derrick JacksonParty not recordedno
Lisa CampbellParty not recordedno
Brent CoxParty not recordedyes
Jan JonesParty not recordedyes
Arlene BecklesParty not recordedno
Phil OlaleyeParty not recordedno
Johnny ChastainParty not recordedyes
Mike CheokasParty not recordedyes
Sandra ScottParty not recordedno
Angela MooreParty not recordedno
Karen LuptonParty not recordedno
L.C. MylesParty not recordedno
Bethany BallardParty not recordedyes
Chuck MartinParty not recordedyes
David JenkinsParty not recordedyes
Gabe OkoyeParty not recordedno
Victor AndersonParty not recordedyes
Martin MomtahanParty not recordedyes
Robert DawsonParty not recordednot voting
Rob LeverettParty not recordedyes
Trey KelleyParty not recordedexcused
Kasey CarpenterParty not recordedyes
Bruce WilliamsonParty not recordedyes
David SampsonParty not recordedno
Patty Marie StinsonParty not recordedyes
Katie DempseyParty not recordedyes
Tangie HerringParty not recordedyes
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PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
Total
54
- Yes
- 49
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 1
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 4
How they voted (54)
Sam WatsonParty not recordedyes
Mike HodgesParty not recordedyes
Frank GinnParty not recordedyes
Carden SummersParty not recordedyes
Rick WilliamsParty not recordedyes
Steve GoochParty not recordedyes
Brian StricklandParty not recordedyes
Clint DixonParty not recordedyes
Elena ParentParty not recordedyes
Bill CowsertParty not recordedyes
Marty HarbinParty not recordedyes
Emanuel JonesParty not recordedexcused
Sheikh RahmanParty not recordedyes
Jason AnavitarteParty not recordedyes
Ed HarbisonParty not recordedyes
Lee AndersonParty not recordedyes
Jaha HowardParty not recordedyes
Billy HickmanParty not recordedyes
Russ GoodmanParty not recordedyes
Sonya HalpernParty not recordedyes
Kim JacksonParty not recordedyes
Sally HarrellParty not recordedyes
RaShaun KempParty not recordedyes
Matt BrassParty not recordedyes
30 more members
David LucasParty not recordedyes
Freddie Powell SimsParty not recordedexcused
Greg DolezalParty not recordedexcused
Tonya AndersonParty not recordedyes
Tim BeardenParty not recordedyes
Drew EcholsParty not recordedyes
Donzella JamesParty not recordedexcused
Bo HatchettParty not recordedyes
Steven McNeelParty not recordedyes
Chuck PayneParty not recordedyes
Jason DickersonParty not recordedyes
Shawn StillParty not recordedyes
Chuck HufstetlerParty not recordedyes
John AlbersParty not recordedyes
Max BurnsParty not recordedyes
Nan OrrockParty not recordedyes
Randy RobertsonParty not recordedyes
Gail DavenportParty not recordedyes
Harold JonesParty not recordedyes
Kay KirkpatrickParty not recordedyes
Ed SetzlerParty not recordedyes
Doc RhettParty not recordedyes
Ben WatsonParty not recordedyes
Josh McLaurinParty not recordedyes
Blake TilleryParty not recordedyes
Randal ManghamParty not recordedyes
Derek MallowParty not recordedyes
Kenya WicksParty not recordednot voting
Larry WalkerParty not recordedyes
Nikki MerrittParty not recordedyes
PASSAGE
Total
174
- Yes
- 157
- No
- 13
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 3
- Abstain
- 0
- Other positions
- 1
How they voted (174)
Tangie HerringParty not recordedyes
Stan GunterParty not recordedyes
Gabe OkoyeParty not recordedyes
Miriam ParisParty not recordedyes
Jasmine ClarkParty not recordedno
Derrick McCollumParty not recordedyes
Jan JonesParty not recordedyes
Edna JacksonParty not recordedyes
Clint CroweParty not recordedyes
David HuddlestonParty not recordedyes
Gabriel SanchezParty not recordedno
Robert DickeyParty not recordedyes
Chris ErwinParty not recordedyes
Lydia GlaizeParty not recordedyes
Eric BellParty not recordedyes
Eddie LumsdenParty not recordedyes
Rob LeverettParty not recordedyes
Houston GainesParty not recordedyes
Tim FlemingParty not recordedyes
Matt DubnikParty not recordedyes
Carl GilliardParty not recordedyes
Patty Marie StinsonParty not recordedyes
Dale WashburnParty not recordedyes
Noelle KahaianParty not recordedyes
150 more members
Al WilliamsParty not recordedyes
Ruwa RommanParty not recordedno
Angela MooreParty not recordedyes
Lehman FranklinParty not recordedyes
Katie DempseyParty not recordedyes
Kasey CarpenterParty not recordedyes
Rhonda TaylorParty not recordedyes
Esther PanitchParty not recordedyes
Mack JacksonParty not recordedyes
David WilkersonParty not recordedyes
Mary Margaret OliverParty not recordedyes
Robert DawsonParty not recordedyes
Rick TownsendParty not recordedyes
Betsy HollandParty not recordedyes
Jutt HowardParty not recordedyes
Mary Frances WilliamsParty not recordedyes
Beth CampParty not recordedyes
Floyd GriffinParty not recordedyes
Matt HatchettParty not recordedyes
Gerald GreeneParty not recordedyes
David SampsonParty not recordedyes
Sylvia Wayfer BakerParty not recordedyes
Kim SchofieldParty not recordedyes
Mike CameronParty not recordedyes
Alan PowellParty not recordedyes
Brian PrinceParty not recordedyes
Jason RidleyParty not recordedyes
Marvin LimParty not recordedno
Kimberly NewParty not recordedyes
Trey RhodesParty not recordedyes
Carmen RiceParty not recordedyes
Sandra ScottParty not recordedyes
Nissa JonesParty not recordedyes
Martin MomtahanParty not recordedyes
Emory DunahooParty not recordedyes
Karen LuptonParty not recordedno
Anne WestbrookParty not recordedno
Buddy DeLoachParty not recordedyes
Trey KelleyParty not recordedyes
Phil OlaleyeParty not recordedyes
John LaHoodParty not recordedyes
Karla DrennerParty not recordedyes
Mike CheokasParty not recordedyes
Mekyah McQueenParty not recordedyes
Scott HiltonParty not recordedyes
Matthew GambillParty not recordedyes
Lynn SmithParty not recordedyes
Jon BurnsParty not recordednot voting
Bethany BallardParty not recordedyes
Bruce WilliamsonParty not recordedyes
Joseph GullettParty not recordedyes
Segun AdeyinaParty not recordedyes
Dewey McClainParty not recordedyes
Jaclyn FordParty not recordedyes
Karlton HowardParty not recordedno
Devan SeabaughParty not recordedyes
Lisa CampbellParty not recordedno
David ClarkParty not recordedyes
Bill HitchensParty not recordedyes
Deborah SilcoxParty not recordedyes
Terry CummingsParty not recordedyes
Lauren McDonaldParty not recordedyes
Johnny ChastainParty not recordedyes
Shea RobertsParty not recordedyes
Billy MitchellParty not recordednot voting
Carter BarrettParty not recordedyes
James BurchettParty not recordedyes
Victor AndersonParty not recordedyes
Arlene BecklesParty not recordedyes
Stacey EvansParty not recordedyes
Steven MeeksParty not recordedyes
Josh BonnerParty not recordedyes
Regina Lewis-WardParty not recordedyes
Holt PersingerParty not recordedyes
Mitchell ScogginsParty not recordedyes
Teddy ReeseParty not recordedyes
Park CannonParty not recordedno
Rey MartinezParty not recordedyes
Soo HongParty not recordedyes
Bill YeartaParty not recordedyes
Gary RichardsonParty not recordedyes
Todd JonesParty not recordedyes
Sandy DonatucciParty not recordedyes
L.C. MylesParty not recordedyes
Bill WerkheiserParty not recordedyes
Spencer FryeParty not recordedyes
Debra BazemoreParty not recordedyes
Rhonda BurnoughParty not recordedyes
Michael SmithParty not recordedyes
Tyler SmithParty not recordedyes
Mitchell HornerParty not recordedyes
Sharon CooperParty not recordedyes
Chas CannonParty not recordedyes
Chuck MartinParty not recordedyes
Jordan RidleyParty not recordedyes
Steven SainzParty not recordedyes
Carolyn HugleyParty not recordedyes
Chuck EfstrationParty not recordedyes
Ginny EhrhartParty not recordedyes
John CorbettParty not recordedyes
Scott HolcombParty not recordedyes
Ron StephensParty not recordedyes
Darlene TaylorParty not recordedyes
Jesse PetreaParty not recordedyes
Mary Ann SantosParty not recordedyes
Imani BarnesParty not recordedyes
Derrick JacksonParty not recordednot voting
Butch ParrishParty not recordedyes
Charlice ByrdParty not recordedyes
Kimberly AlexanderParty not recordedyes
Tanya MillerParty not recordedno
Robert FlournoyParty not recordedyes
Don ParsonsParty not recordedyes
David JenkinsParty not recordedyes
Inga WillisParty not recordedyes
John CarsonParty not recordedyes
Will WadeParty not recordedyes
Shaw BlackmonParty not recordedyes
Sam ParkParty not recordedyes
Dar'shun KendrickParty not recordedyes
Angie O'SteenParty not recordedyes
Karen MathiakParty not recordedyes
Solomon AdesanyaParty not recordedyes
Danny MathisParty not recordedyes
Omari CrawfordParty not recordedyes
Matt ReevesParty not recordedyes
Sheila JonesParty not recordedyes
Michelle AuParty not recordedyes
Yasmin NealParty not recordedyes
Steve TarvinParty not recordedyes
Doreen CarterParty not recordedno
Lee HawkinsParty not recordedyes
Matt BartonParty not recordedyes
Rick JasperseParty not recordedyes
Sharon HendersonParty not recordedexcused
Vance SmithParty not recordedyes
Brad ThomasParty not recordedyes
Demetrius DouglasParty not recordedyes
Bryce BerryParty not recordedyes
Long TranParty not recordedyes
Joe CampbellParty not recordedyes
Viola DavisParty not recordedno
Mark NewtonParty not recordedyes
El-Mahdi HollyParty not recordedyes
Rob CliftonParty not recordedyes
Debbie BucknerParty not recordedyes
Brent CoxParty not recordedyes
Noel WilliamsParty not recordedyes
Leesa HaganParty not recordedyes
Saira DraperParty not recordedno
Lobbying Activity
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
policy shift95% confidence
Expansion of Local Preemption Over Agriculture
The legislation broadens state preemption by barring local political subdivisions from regulating crop management, animal husbandry, and livestock on private property.
Connected Entities
PersonJenkins, David“Representative for the 136th district and primary sponsor of House Bill 413”Map →
OrganizationHouse Committee on Agriculture & Consumer Affairs“House committee reviewing the bill”Map →
Sources
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www.legis.ga.gov
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