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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Courts; civil action for damages; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of the practice of law, so as to provide for a civil action for damages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 153"
+citation: "Georgia HB 153 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Bert Reeves", "Mary Oliver", "Tom Weldon", "Trey Kelley", "Wendell Willard"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-01-28"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10a576a6-1dce-4253-aa2c-53f6a93b35bd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0e7c4716fff53817dd42ee7a150756740c27fb32e9c904598df3c5e163d81b14"
+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 153 (2015_16) — Courts; civil action for damages; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of the practice of law, so as to provide for a civil action for damages; 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 153/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153551.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6235/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146234.pdf)
+3. **LC 36 2777S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151240.pdf)
+4. **LC 36 2777S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150730.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 153** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152799.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6631S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152299.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152757.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2015-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-11** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2015-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-05** Act 76 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10a576a6-1dce-4253-aa2c-53f6a93b35bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+