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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Foreclosure; provide for recording of deeds under power within a certain time after sale; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to foreclosure, so as to provide for the recording of deeds under power within a certain time after a foreclosure sale; to provide for the assessment and collection of a late filing fee; to provide for the remittance of sums collected from such late filing fees; 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 322"
+citation: "Georgia HB 322 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Brian Strickland", "LaDawn Jones", "Matt Ramsey", "Ronnie Mabra", "Spencer Frye"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-11"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b52528f-c79f-4729-bf14-f51d17c9a36e"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2254e8c6d2d75cc2d07716ff81d2e04078e4cb0208b40dffef8693e86043a64f"
+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 322 (2015_16) — Foreclosure; provide for recording of deeds under power within a certain time after sale; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to foreclosure, so as to provide for the recording of deeds under power within a certain time after a foreclosure sale; to provide for the assessment and collection of a late filing fee; to provide for the remittance of sums collected from such late filing fees; 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. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153026.pdf)
+2. **HB 322/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153784.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6544S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151081.pdf)
+4. **LC 29 6544S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150470.pdf)
+5. **LC 39 0912/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147555.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6576S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152528.pdf)
+7. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 34 0718-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153014.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- LaDawn Jones — primary (person)
+- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
+- Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-09** 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`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-06** Act 145 `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/5b52528f-c79f-4729-bf14-f51d17c9a36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+