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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Self-Service Storage Facilities; limit fees charged and collected by self-service storage facilities for the late payment of rent; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to provide for and limit fees charged and collected by self-service storage facilities for the late payment of rent; to provide for liens and the enforcement of liens for fees for the late payment of rent; to update and revise definitions for clarity and conformity; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 97"
+citation: "Georgia SB 97 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone", "Lee Anderson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-13"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/821ca7c7-8544-4668-be5c-e5d6a6d994b0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bdab4ceed8acfd50bc5d9d89fe0ae0f0b443e93d75d73b65af7559e4a5da90a5"
+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 SB 97 (2019_20) — Self-Service Storage Facilities; limit fees charged and collected by self-service storage facilities for the late payment of rent; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to provide for and limit fees charged and collected by self-service storage facilities for the late payment of rent; to provide for liens and the enforcement of liens for fees for the late payment of rent; to update and revise definitions for clarity and conformity; to provide for applicability; 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 Introduced LC 41 1784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181303.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183448.pdf)
+3. **SB97/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185551.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **43–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
+- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-13** Senate Hopper
+- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 258 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/821ca7c7-8544-4668-be5c-e5d6a6d994b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+