Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 299 | Georgia HB 299 (2015_16) |
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Georgia HB 299 (2015_16) — Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; 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.
- HB 299/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 0898/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 0967S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 0967S/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 159–13 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-02-10 House Hopper
- 2015-02-11 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2015-02-12 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2015-02-25 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
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-03-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2015-03-26 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2015-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2015-05-06 Act 140
executive-signature - 2015-05-06 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).