---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commerce and trade; powers of attorney to a uniform Act; update and conform provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agency, so as to update and conform provisions relating to powers of attorney to a uniform Act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Georgia HB 221 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Greg Morris", "Robert Trammell", "Sharon Cooper", "Terry England", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59f68be2-27ed-426b-94de-63f6f39187b8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3cf0b53df1af20ad84011d0c3bf347ab46922da1ffb250bbd6e6fe61abc835b9"
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 221 (2017_18) — Commerce and trade; powers of attorney to a uniform Act; update and conform provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 10 of the O.C.G.A., relating to agency, so as to update and conform provisions relating to powers of attorney to a uniform Act; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Greg Morris — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** House Hopper
- **2017-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 186 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59f68be2-27ed-426b-94de-63f6f39187b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).