---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgage broker licensing requirements; licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction; exempt"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to exempt licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction from the mortgage broker licensing requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 83"
citation: "Georgia HB 83 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "John Pezold", "Josh Clark", "Paulette Braddock", "Sam Teasley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-16"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/333703bf-d2f8-473c-97cb-3ed3e00c5af9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6002afb26ffa81ba27e0bcd36ce2a425b3cd2ccbabb1ac59ba3d41523f6ec0dd"
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 83 (2013_14) — Mortgage broker licensing requirements; licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to exempt licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction from the mortgage broker licensing requirements; 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. **HB 83/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136344.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0347/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/128465.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **162–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- John Pezold — primary (person)
- Josh Clark — primary (person)
- Paulette Braddock — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-16** House Hopper
- **2013-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-01-31** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2013-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 197 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/333703bf-d2f8-473c-97cb-3ed3e00c5af9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).