---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Mobile Home Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to landlord and tenant, so as to enact a new article to provide for the classification of abandoned mobile homes as derelict or intact for purposes of disposal or creation of liens; to provide for procedure for requesting classification of an abandoned mobile home as intact or derelict; to provide for notice; to provide for creation of a lien on abandoned mobile homes deemed to be intact; to provide the opportunity for a hearing to confirm classification as a derelict abandoned mobile home; to provide for court authority to order the disposal of abandoned mobile homes found to be derelict; to provide for the voluntary discharge of a tax lien upon a derelict mobile home by the state or a local governing authority; 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 381"
citation: "Georgia HB 381 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darrel Ealum", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jason Shaw", "John Corbett", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1303dd99-5288-401d-aa9b-f7cf64ef6225"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0d0a429c6910bb13ad4ea6e2fe15a05c03d09ede02f8d9f68f3e2e7410f7b208"
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 381 (2017_18) — Abandoned Mobile Home Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to landlord and tenant, so as to enact a new article to provide for the classification of abandoned mobile homes as derelict or intact for purposes of disposal or creation of liens; to provide for procedure for requesting classification of an abandoned mobile home as intact or derelict; to provide for notice; to provide for creation of a lien on abandoned mobile homes deemed to be intact; to provide the opportunity for a hearing to confirm classification as a derelict abandoned mobile home; to provide for court authority to order the disposal of abandoned mobile homes found to be derelict; to provide for the voluntary discharge of a tax lien upon a derelict mobile home by the state or a local governing authority; 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 — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darrel Ealum — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** House Hopper
- **2017-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-07** Act 428 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1303dd99-5288-401d-aa9b-f7cf64ef6225`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).