---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secondary metals recyclers; buying and selling of regulated metal property; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secondary metals recyclers; 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 461"
citation: "Georgia HB 461 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Bruce Williamson", "Howard Maxwell", "Jason Shaw", "Mickey Stephens", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de2a09e2-797d-494e-b1cb-9da37e0a9fe2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d40ff0e8c5c6cde2a39a8a1a5963bf61b751145055c467d38c764683d1760e54"
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 461 (2015_16) — Secondary metals recyclers; buying and selling of regulated metal property; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 14 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to secondary metals recyclers; 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 461/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153808.pdf)
2. **LC 36 2716/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148989.pdf)
3. **LC 36 2754S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150905.pdf)
4. **LC 36 2754S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150209.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 36 2807S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152510.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **165–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Mickey Stephens — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** House Hopper
- **2015-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-05** 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`
- **2015-03-26** 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
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 84 `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/de2a09e2-797d-494e-b1cb-9da37e0a9fe2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).