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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; conform a reference within a statutory form"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mechanics and materialmen, so as to conform a reference within a statutory form regarding waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "SB 143"
+citation: "Georgia SB 143 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "John Kennedy", "Lindsey Tippins", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-10"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa20b42d-c3a1-49c1-952e-268381252fa0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "218cb94630f535426a0b51f5f0873dc9929ffb68b61636acac38c7b33f467198"
+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 143 (2021_22) — Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; conform a reference within a statutory form
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mechanics and materialmen, so as to conform a reference within a statutory form regarding waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; 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 2820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197304.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198796.pdf)
+3. **SB 143/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200883.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- John Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
+- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
+- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-10** Senate Hopper
+- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-04** Act 210 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa20b42d-c3a1-49c1-952e-268381252fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+