republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-175.md

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Bill	Covenants and warranties; certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to covenants and warranties, so as to provide that certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 175	Georgia HB 175 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Barry Fleming Dustin Hightower	4	15	1	2013-01-31	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d5c2b32a-bfd6-4d48-9003-756b483277af	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4b710f4386b8cc979cfbc4d1fbcaacd8fe24ca7f03f4793d30d2d838004abf0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 175 (2013_14) — Covenants and warranties; certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to covenants and warranties, so as to provide that certain covenants run with the land as a matter of public policy of this state; 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 175/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5370/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5463S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5463S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Dustin Hightower — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-31 House Hopper
• 2013-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-22 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 249 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5c2b32a-bfd6-4d48-9003-756b483277af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).