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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; 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 299"
+citation: "Georgia HB 299 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Carl Rogers", "Chuck Williams", "Emory Dunahoo", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-10"
+last_action: "2015-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4dde430aa1cf0650cd8734865cc7b201dc79ff4cf79289e5aded137518757f6a"
+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 299 (2015_16) — Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; 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 299/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152754.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 0898/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147386.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 0967S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151330.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 0967S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149245.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **159–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
+- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-02-25** 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 140 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+