---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interest and usury; interest on certain domestic relations cases; clarify provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interest and usury, so as to clarify provisions relating to interest on certain domestic relations cases; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 347"
citation: "Georgia HB 347 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Dustin Hightower", "John Meadows", "Regina Quick", "Stephen Allison", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/958f7f80-872e-4afb-9719-ec4763812065"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dbfdb9f39df0d28fbacd03ededd4678f253a84d869f431ea3bbf3a867d87107c"
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 347 (2015_16) — Interest and usury; interest on certain domestic relations cases; clarify provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to interest and usury, so as to clarify provisions relating to interest on certain domestic relations cases; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 347/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152755.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6291/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147892.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6515S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150800.pdf)
4. **LC 29 6515S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149946.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Dustin Hightower — primary (person)
- John Meadows — primary (person)
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Stephen Allison — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-12** House Hopper
- **2015-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-13** 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`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Transmitted House
- **2015-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-02** Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2015-04-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/958f7f80-872e-4afb-9719-ec4763812065`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).