---
type: "Bill"
title: "Banking; secured transactions; change/provide for definitions; electronic chattel paper; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Title 11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to secured transactions, so as to modernize the article; to change and provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 33-10-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assets considered in determining financial condition of insurers, generally, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Georgia SB 185 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0416a1-3695-4544-909d-a0fb82cc5569"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "13fabc1dd9fefa7dd51cab34249c307ea9bc801f2cf68a7cb993320f9bdbc578"
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 185 (2013_14) — Banking; secured transactions; change/provide for definitions; electronic chattel paper; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Title 11 of the O.C.G.A., relating to secured transactions, so as to modernize the article; to change and provide for definitions; to amend Code Section 33-10-1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assets considered in determining financial condition of insurers, generally, so as to correct a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 5491ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131383.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133413.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5632ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134657.pdf)
4. **SB 185/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136943.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jesse Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 223 `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/9a0416a1-3695-4544-909d-a0fb82cc5569`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).