republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-160.md

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Bill	Mortgages; vacant and foreclosed real property registries; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens in general, so as to revise provisions relating to vacant and foreclosed real property registries; to prohibit a fee for a future conveyance except under limited circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 160	Georgia HB 160 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Edward Lindsey Jay Powell Mary Oliver Mike Jacobs Tom Weldon	7	18	1	2013-01-30	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d5908be9-1ddb-4fe5-812d-cf3159527146	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1ec61e349430171f764818256f03ae2eba44a64315b6fd5ca5fa0963cdabc357	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 160 (2013_14) — Mortgages; vacant and foreclosed real property registries; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens in general, so as to revise provisions relating to vacant and foreclosed real property registries; to prohibit a fee for a future conveyance except under limited circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 160/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5408/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5456S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5456S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA TO HB 160 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 5675S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 21 3865 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 158–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-30 House Hopper
• 2013-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2013-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2013-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 195 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5908be9-1ddb-4fe5-812d-cf3159527146. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).