---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 299"
citation: "Georgia HB 299 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Carl Rogers", "Chuck Williams", "Emory Dunahoo", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-10"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4dde430aa1cf0650cd8734865cc7b201dc79ff4cf79289e5aded137518757f6a"
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 299 (2015_16) — Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; 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 299/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152754.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0898/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147386.pdf)
3. **LC 39 0967S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151330.pdf)
4. **LC 39 0967S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149245.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **159–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-10** House Hopper
- **2015-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 140 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).