republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-790.md

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Bill	Civil practice; four-year statute of limitations for actions involving removal of timber from the property of another; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to specific periods of limitation, so as to provide for a four-year statute of limitations for actions involving the removal of timber from the property of another; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Forestry Commission; to amend Code Section 12-6-23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wood load ticket required for wood removal; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to real estate boundary determinations, so as to repeal provisions relating to processioning; to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 790	Georgia HB 790 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chad Nimmer Chuck Williams Ellis Black Lynn Smith Rich Golick Wendell Willard	6	16	1	2014-01-21	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/73110eae-2fa1-40b3-83bd-9e323d23a160	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2df3f180d18b17d80752d608af01bbfc18b58bf7805453ed2060d79001cd80b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 790 (2013_14) — Civil practice; four-year statute of limitations for actions involving removal of timber from the property of another; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to specific periods of limitation, so as to provide for a four-year statute of limitations for actions involving the removal of timber from the property of another; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the State Forestry Commission; to amend Code Section 12-6-23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to wood load ticket required for wood removal; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to real estate boundary determinations, so as to repeal provisions relating to processioning; to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts; 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 790/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5883S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5883S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0480/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6023ERS (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Chuck Williams — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Rich Golick — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-21 House Hopper
• 2014-01-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-01-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-20 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-13 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 619 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73110eae-2fa1-40b3-83bd-9e323d23a160. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).