---
type: "Bill"
title: "Title Insurance; lender's security interest; personal property taken by the lender as collateral for a commercial loan; allow"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-7-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to title insurance, so as to allow title insurance to be procured on a lender's security interest in personal property taken by the lender as collateral for a commercial loan; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 202"
citation: "Georgia SB 202 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Jesse Stone", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6960811d-a8a1-4611-9e06-a409d1e7efc9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f41b9a6e382fefb563299bb3ec5b76028eacf90a21e205682a15d4946410a869"
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 SB 202 (2019_20) — Title Insurance; lender's security interest; personal property taken by the lender as collateral for a commercial loan; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 33-7-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to title insurance, so as to allow title insurance to be procured on a lender's security interest in personal property taken by the lender as collateral for a commercial loan; 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. **As introduced LC 46 0118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182919.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183865.pdf)
3. **SB202/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185066.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 279 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6960811d-a8a1-4611-9e06-a409d1e7efc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).