2025-2026 Regular Session

SB404

Child Custody Proceedings; joint legal and physical custody as the default child custody arrangement; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 19 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to child custody proceedings, so as to provide for joint legal and physical custody as the default child custody arrangement; to provide for the presumption that joint legal and physical custody is in the best interests of the child; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Judiciary
Last status date: January 16, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Judiciary
Author: Ed Setzler
Co-sponsors: Randy Robertson John Albers Mike Hodges Billy Hickman Ben Watson Sonya Halpern

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Committee referrals

January 16, 2026 · Senate

Judiciary

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

January 16, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
January 15, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2083384
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB404.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00