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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Secondary metals recyclers; buying and selling of regulated metal property; change certain provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secondary metals recyclers; 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 461"
+citation: "Georgia HB 461 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Bruce Williamson", "Howard Maxwell", "Jason Shaw", "Mickey Stephens", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-23"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de2a09e2-797d-494e-b1cb-9da37e0a9fe2"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d40ff0e8c5c6cde2a39a8a1a5963bf61b751145055c467d38c764683d1760e54"
+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 461 (2015_16) — Secondary metals recyclers; buying and selling of regulated metal property; change certain provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secondary metals recyclers; 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 461/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153808.pdf)
+2. **LC 36 2716/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148989.pdf)
+3. **LC 36 2754S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150905.pdf)
+4. **LC 36 2754S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150209.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 2807S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152510.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
+- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
+- Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-23** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** 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
+- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-05** Act 84 `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/de2a09e2-797d-494e-b1cb-9da37e0a9fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+