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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlords and tenants in general, so as to require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications related to such properties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 399"
+citation: "Georgia HB 399 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "PROPERTY"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Gullett", "Mary Oliver", "Phil Olaleye", "Rhonda Burnough", "Shaw Blackmon", "Spencer Frye"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-11"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef9a27a1-a59e-4155-af9e-81e5f14f462d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1e80d04c8a6fe6b3e652eba105a57ae16abdcfacab853912360886b72c77f31b"
+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 399 (2025_26) — Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlords and tenants in general, so as to require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications related to such properties; 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 399/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239309.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3351/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232067.pdf)
+3. **LC 47 3483S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234332.pdf)
+4. **LC 47 3490S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234876.pdf)
+5. **LC 47 3490S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234570.pdf)
+6. **SCSFA to HB 399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239199.pdf)
+7. **Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3645S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236532.pdf)
+8. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238228.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #464 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **41–9** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #447 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–5** (pass) · lower
+- House Vote #136 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Phil Olaleye — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
+- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-11** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
+- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 315 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef9a27a1-a59e-4155-af9e-81e5f14f462d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+