---
type: "Bill"
title: "Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to revise the advertisement requirements before an owner of a self-service storage facility can enforce an owner's lien; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 131"
citation: "Georgia HB 131 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE AND TRADE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Oliver", "Matt Reeves", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rob Leverett", "Scott Holcomb", "Stan Gunter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9157061e-1aeb-4394-8847-dd60d568a3dd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "df965e9cb977b8db74392be96799b0defdaf1b4019dd9fc30f1bdf36c9980840"
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 131 (2025_26) — Self-service storage facilities; revise advertisement requirements before an owner can enforce an owner's lien

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities, so as to revise the advertisement requirements before an owner of a self-service storage facility can enforce an owner's lien; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **HB 131/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239302.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0052/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230368.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 62 0194S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236824.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #92 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #428 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #406 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Act 125 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9157061e-1aeb-4394-8847-dd60d568a3dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).