---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Georgia Self-service Storage Facility Act of 2013\" change the due date for monthly rental payments"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to change the short title; to provide for definitions; to change the due date for monthly rental payments; to provide procedures for sending notice of default; to provide for print or electronic publication of notice of public sale of property; to provide for limitations on an owner's liability; to provide for towing of motor vehicles and watercraft; to provide for delay in filing an owner's lien if an occupant is deployed overseas by the armed services; to exempt certain rental agreements; 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 61"
citation: "Georgia SB 61 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-17"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b0a7299-df0a-4072-96d9-bc4e0aee67b0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ea2cfea1efeab68946c11fb184dd7374184955ef3a3959da458528a1f1542083"
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 61 (2013_14) — "Georgia Self-service Storage Facility Act of 2013" change the due date for monthly rental payments

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to change the short title; to provide for definitions; to change the due date for monthly rental payments; to provide procedures for sending notice of default; to provide for print or electronic publication of notice of public sale of property; to provide for limitations on an owner's liability; to provide for towing of motor vehicles and watercraft; to provide for delay in filing an owner's lien if an occupant is deployed overseas by the armed services; to exempt certain rental agreements; 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 5384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128596.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132186.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 36 2289S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131511.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5628S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134209.pdf)
5. **SB 61/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137153.pdf)
6. **SB 61/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134551.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jesse Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-17** Senate Hopper
- **2013-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 172 `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/6b0a7299-df0a-4072-96d9-bc4e0aee67b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).