---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil Practice; personal service of a summons on a corporation; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to process, so as to change provisions relating to personal service of a summons on a corporation; 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: "SB 113"
citation: "Georgia SB 113 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "David Lucas", "Emanuel Jones", "Jesse Stone", "Lester Jackson", "Ronald Ramsey, Sr.", "Ronnie Chance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-06"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b8b173e-e5ff-4a47-a39e-20c46086c493"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c1f2d804237077e98ab307bfffe3c0d5dc1530a953237534e852ea5629db6e60"
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 113 (2013_14) — Civil Practice; personal service of a summons on a corporation; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 9-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to process, so as to change provisions relating to personal service of a summons on a corporation; 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 29 5393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129898.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133694.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 5599S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133154.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5645S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134663.pdf)
5. **SB 113/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137155.pdf)
6. **SB 113/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135425.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- David Lucas — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- Lester Jackson — primary (person)
- Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
- Ronnie Chance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-06** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-22** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2013-03-26** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-03-26** House Insisted
- **2013-03-28** Senate Receded from Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 182 `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/5b8b173e-e5ff-4a47-a39e-20c46086c493`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).