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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Covenants and warranties; certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to covenants and warranties, so as to provide that certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 175"
+citation: "Georgia HB 175 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Barry Fleming", "Dustin Hightower"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-01-31"
+last_action: "2013-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5c2b32a-bfd6-4d48-9003-756b483277af"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4b710f4386b8cc979cfbc4d1fbcaacd8fe24ca7f03f4793d30d2d838004abf0b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 175 (2013_14) — Covenants and warranties; certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to covenants and warranties, so as to provide that certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 175/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135545.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5370/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129417.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5463S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132240.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 5463S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131171.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-01-31** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2013-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-05-06** Act 249 `executive-signature`
+- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5c2b32a-bfd6-4d48-9003-756b483277af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+