---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trade names; require registration with clerk of superior court; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-490 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of businesses using trade names, so as to require registration of trade names with the clerk of superior court; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to establish a trade name registry; to provide for duties of clerks of superior courts; to provide for fees; to correct cross-references; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide for revised fees on and after January 1, 2021; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 524"
citation: "Georgia HB 524 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-02"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6fe0247-0c7a-4a3e-9f77-325ed2709107"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "677d515031a3392ff38b9f644d286b0877f6c1eb66c6a8acf82ef347be287088"
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 524 (2015_16) — Trade names; require registration with clerk of superior court; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-490 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of businesses using trade names, so as to require registration of trade names with the clerk of superior court; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to establish a trade name registry; to provide for duties of clerks of superior courts; to provide for fees; to correct cross-references; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide for revised fees on and after January 1, 2021; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 524/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153814.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6488/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149646.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 6649S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152747.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-02** House Hopper
- **2015-03-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Veto V5 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6fe0247-0c7a-4a3e-9f77-325ed2709107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).