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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons; provide for acceptance of funds in a separate, federally insured account at financial institution by such persons"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "SB 95"
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citation: "Georgia SB 95 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-10"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d0a34fd-0e08-4f71-8499-9d7f7223a127"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dbdc36040b2043542ebde2a8341b1f1af8ec5f1028118ce04da9e936ba73c790"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# 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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 39 0904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147358.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148960.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 39 0932S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148328.pdf)
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4. **SB 95/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153748.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Crane — primary (person)
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- P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2015-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-31** House Postponed
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- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 188 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d0a34fd-0e08-4f71-8499-9d7f7223a127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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