---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreclosure; provide for recording of deeds under power within a certain time after sale; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to foreclosure, so as to provide for the recording of deeds under power within a certain time after a foreclosure sale; to provide for the assessment and collection of a late filing fee; to provide for the remittance of sums collected from such late filing fees; 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 322"
citation: "Georgia HB 322 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Brian Strickland", "LaDawn Jones", "Matt Ramsey", "Ronnie Mabra", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b52528f-c79f-4729-bf14-f51d17c9a36e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2254e8c6d2d75cc2d07716ff81d2e04078e4cb0208b40dffef8693e86043a64f"
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 322 (2015_16) — Foreclosure; provide for recording of deeds under power within a certain time after sale; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 7 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to foreclosure, so as to provide for the recording of deeds under power within a certain time after a foreclosure sale; to provide for the assessment and collection of a late filing fee; to provide for the remittance of sums collected from such late filing fees; 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 passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153026.pdf)
2. **HB 322/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153784.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6544S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151081.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6544S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150470.pdf)
5. **LC 39 0912/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147555.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6576S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152528.pdf)
7. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 34 0718-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153014.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- LaDawn Jones — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Ronnie Mabra — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** 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`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 145 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b52528f-c79f-4729-bf14-f51d17c9a36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).