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Bill	Banking and finance; update, modernize, and streamline numerous Code sections; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to extensively amend Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, so as to update, modernize, and streamline numerous Code sections to provide for efficient regulation of banks, trust companies, credit unions, merchant acquirer limited purpose banks, and the mortgage lending industry; to update and eliminate certain provisions to comply with federal law; to update certain provisions to comply with federal court decisions; to revise powers and duties of the Department of Banking and Finance; to delete all appearances of and references to the term "building and loan associations"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 811	Georgia HB 811 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Williamson Buzz Brockway Greg Morris Jay Powell Terry England Virgil Fludd	6	17	1	2016-01-22	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0c74564b-a7a0-452a-9dd9-f0e0ebe7cb2d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	24e88ef1fc52b87299752dae80f05f8e0384620a5d4fd6a8c4850feb526d6d7a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 811 (2015_16) — Banking and finance; update, modernize, and streamline numerous Code sections; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to extensively amend Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, so as to update, modernize, and streamline numerous Code sections to provide for efficient regulation of banks, trust companies, credit unions, merchant acquirer limited purpose banks, and the mortgage lending industry; to update and eliminate certain provisions to comply with federal law; to update certain provisions to comply with federal court decisions; to revise powers and duties of the Department of Banking and Finance; to delete all appearances of and references to the term "building and loan associations"; 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. Floor Amendment AM 40 0166 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 811/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 1138ER/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 1207ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 39 1207ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
• Greg Morris — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)
• Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-22 House Hopper
• 2016-01-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 450 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c74564b-a7a0-452a-9dd9-f0e0ebe7cb2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).