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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil practice; four-year statute of limitations for actions involving removal of timber from the property of another; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to specific periods of limitation, so as to provide for a four-year statute of limitations for actions involving the removal of timber from the property of another; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Forestry Commission; to amend Code Section 12-6-23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wood load ticket required for wood removal; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to real estate boundary determinations, so as to repeal provisions relating to processioning; to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 790"
+citation: "Georgia HB 790 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Chuck Williams", "Ellis Black", "Lynn Smith", "Rich Golick", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-21"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73110eae-2fa1-40b3-83bd-9e323d23a160"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2df3f180d18b17d80752d608af01bbfc18b58bf7805453ed2060d79001cd80b4"
+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 790 (2013_14) — Civil practice; four-year statute of limitations for actions involving removal of timber from the property of another; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to specific periods of limitation, so as to provide for a four-year statute of limitations for actions involving the removal of timber from the property of another; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Forestry Commission; to amend Code Section 12-6-23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wood load ticket required for wood removal; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to real estate boundary determinations, so as to repeal provisions relating to processioning; to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts; to provide for related matters; 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 790/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143727.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5883S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140733.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5883S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139943.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0480/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137765.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6023ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142698.pdf)
+6. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143101.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **169–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
+- Rich Golick — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-21** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-13** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-24** Act 619 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73110eae-2fa1-40b3-83bd-9e323d23a160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+