---
type: "Bill"
title: "Garnishment Proceedings; revise; uniform procedures for garnishment actions; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to revise procedures for garnishment proceedings; to provide for uniform procedures for garnishment actions; to provide definitions; to limit the maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment in relation to certain educational or student loans; to provide a fixed time for continuous garnishments; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to provide for cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "Georgia SB 443 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis", "Jesse Stone", "Lee Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62e7da9f-18af-4dae-b726-d824c2f31612"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0290e7b5d7317184fa9a4aa08a11dc38b54003f80a9ee167c6cdb4de815c02c7"
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 443 (2019_20) — Garnishment Proceedings; revise; uniform procedures for garnishment actions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to revise procedures for garnishment proceedings; to provide for uniform procedures for garnishment actions; to provide definitions; to limit the maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment in relation to certain educational or student loans; to provide a fixed time for continuous garnishments; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to provide for cross-references; 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. **As introduced LC 41 2370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190986.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192932.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 2443S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191857.pdf)
4. **SB443/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194286.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25** Senate Hopper
- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
- **2020-06-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Act 574 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62e7da9f-18af-4dae-b726-d824c2f31612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).