republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-234.md

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Bill	Contracts; new chapter that provides for notice of automatic renewal provisions in service contracts; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to enact a new chapter that provides for notice of automatic renewal provisions in service contracts; to provide for notice to a consumer prior to the automatic renewal of a service contract; to provide for definitions; to provide for exemptions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 234	Georgia HB 234 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Carl Epps Edward Lindsey Lynn Smith Matt Ramsey	5	17	1	2013-02-06	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c91e587b-7d36-47b9-8de3-9a5e2b6eb626	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b3eb822608c5a8289e6801e5b908f5fa8bbfa0b720ebcfd006324b4240064417	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 234 (2013_14) — Contracts; new chapter that provides for notice of automatic renewal provisions in service contracts; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to contracts, so as to enact a new chapter that provides for notice of automatic renewal provisions in service contracts; to provide for notice to a consumer prior to the automatic renewal of a service contract; to provide for definitions; to provide for exemptions; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 234/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0351/a (committee substitute) — source
3. SCSFA to HB 234 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 39 0428S (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 40 0057 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carl Epps — primary (person)
• Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 House Hopper
• 2013-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2013-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-07 Act 330 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c91e587b-7d36-47b9-8de3-9a5e2b6eb626. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).