republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-95.md

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Bill	Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons; provide for acceptance of funds in a separate, federally insured account at financial institution by such persons	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 40 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to real estate brokers and salespersons, so as to provide for the acceptance of funds in a separate, federally insured account at a financial institution by such persons; to provide for unfair trade practices by real estate brokers and salespersons; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 95	Georgia SB 95 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Dean Burke Donzella James Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Gail Davenport Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Michael Williams Mike Crane P. K. Martin IV Steve Gooch Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	4	16	1	2015-02-10	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/4d0a34fd-0e08-4f71-8499-9d7f7223a127	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dbdc36040b2043542ebde2a8341b1f1af8ec5f1028118ce04da9e936ba73c790	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 95 (2015_16) — Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons; provide for acceptance of funds in a separate, federally insured account at financial institution by such persons

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 40 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to real estate brokers and salespersons, so as to provide for the acceptance of funds in a separate, federally insured account at a financial institution by such persons; to provide for unfair trade practices by real estate brokers and salespersons; 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. As introduced LC 39 0904 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 39 0932S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 95/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-02-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-02-23 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-31 House Postponed
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 188 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d0a34fd-0e08-4f71-8499-9d7f7223a127. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).