republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-153.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Courts; civil action for damages; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of the practice of law, so as to provide for a civil action for damages; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 153	Georgia HB 153 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Bert Reeves Mary Oliver Tom Weldon Trey Kelley Wendell Willard	7	17	1	2015-01-28	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/10a576a6-1dce-4253-aa2c-53f6a93b35bd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0e7c4716fff53817dd42ee7a150756740c27fb32e9c904598df3c5e163d81b14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 153 (2015_16) — Courts; civil action for damages; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of the practice of law, so as to provide for a civil action for damages; 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 153/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6235/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 36 2777S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 36 2777S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 153 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6631S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Tom Weldon — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)
• Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-28 House Hopper
• 2015-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-11 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 76 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10a576a6-1dce-4253-aa2c-53f6a93b35bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).