---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; conform a reference within a statutory form"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mechanics and materialmen, so as to conform a reference within a statutory form regarding waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 143"
citation: "Georgia SB 143 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "John Kennedy", "Lindsey Tippins", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa20b42d-c3a1-49c1-952e-268381252fa0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "218cb94630f535426a0b51f5f0873dc9929ffb68b61636acac38c7b33f467198"
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 143 (2021_22) — Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; conform a reference within a statutory form

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mechanics and materialmen, so as to conform a reference within a statutory form regarding waiver of lien and labor or material bond rights; 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 2820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197304.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198796.pdf)
3. **SB 143/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200883.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Senate Hopper
- **2021-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Act 210 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa20b42d-c3a1-49c1-952e-268381252fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).