---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to continuances, so as to provide for the continuance and stay of proceedings related to eviction of tenants at certain airports; to provide for a definition; to amend Code Section 44-7-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of summons, service, time for answer, and defenses and counterclaims, so as to provide for service by an approved process server; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 270"
citation: "Georgia HB 270 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AVIATION", "CIVIL PRACTICE", "PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp", "David Jenkins", "Deborah Silcox", "Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a52090e-6928-4049-a3b2-d267a7c82095"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b3dc935c4014989d15fc5fc90947af58553bd18f74cf4a70b764c95f8c4a27c3"
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 270 (2025_26) — Eviction Service and Airplane Evictions Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 10 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to continuances, so as to provide for the continuance and stay of proceedings related to eviction of tenants at certain airports; to provide for a definition; to amend Code Section 44-7-51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance of summons, service, time for answer, and defenses and counterclaims, so as to provide for service by an approved process server; to provide for related matters; to provide a short title; 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 270/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238500.pdf)
2. **LC 48 1433/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231346.pdf)
3. **LC 48 1536S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235683.pdf)
4. **LC 48 1536S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233786.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #263 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #364 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beth Camp — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 255 `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/0a52090e-6928-4049-a3b2-d267a7c82095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).