republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-524.md

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Bill	Trade names; require registration with clerk of superior court; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-490 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of businesses using trade names, so as to require registration of trade names with the clerk of superior court; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to establish a trade name registry; to provide for duties of clerks of superior courts; to provide for fees; to correct cross-references; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide for revised fees on and after January 1, 2021; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 524	Georgia HB 524 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming	3	17	1	2015-03-02	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d6fe0247-0c7a-4a3e-9f77-325ed2709107	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	677d515031a3392ff38b9f644d286b0877f6c1eb66c6a8acf82ef347be287088	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 524 (2015_16) — Trade names; require registration with clerk of superior court; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-490 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of businesses using trade names, so as to require registration of trade names with the clerk of superior court; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to establish a trade name registry; to provide for duties of clerks of superior courts; to provide for fees; to correct cross-references; to provide for an automatic repeal; to provide for revised fees on and after January 1, 2021; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; 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 524/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6488/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 29 6649S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-02 House Hopper
• 2015-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2015-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2015-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Veto V5 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6fe0247-0c7a-4a3e-9f77-325ed2709107. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).