---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia merchant acquirer limited purpose banks; correct cross-references; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia merchant acquirer limited purpose banks, so as to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 883"
citation: "Georgia HB 883 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Bruce Williamson", "Demetrius Douglas", "Earl Ehrhart", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Virgil Fludd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-28"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c35286ab-6a8b-4f01-8376-18a62e9c1afc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "95f1621e0f251f8a090da465ec6c2e5dea65529f60e09d681302db583802abdc"
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 883 (2013_14) — Georgia merchant acquirer limited purpose banks; correct cross-references; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 9 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Georgia merchant acquirer limited purpose banks, so as to correct cross-references; 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 883/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143770.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0550/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138503.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-28** House Hopper
- **2014-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-13** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-15** Act 523 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c35286ab-6a8b-4f01-8376-18a62e9c1afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).