---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covenants and warranties; certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to covenants and warranties, so as to provide that certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Georgia HB 175 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Barry Fleming", "Dustin Hightower"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5c2b32a-bfd6-4d48-9003-756b483277af"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4b710f4386b8cc979cfbc4d1fbcaacd8fe24ca7f03f4793d30d2d838004abf0b"
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 175 (2013_14) — Covenants and warranties; certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to covenants and warranties, so as to provide that certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 175/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135545.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5370/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129417.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5463S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132240.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5463S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131171.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-01-31** House Hopper
- **2013-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 249 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5c2b32a-bfd6-4d48-9003-756b483277af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).