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| Bill | Financial institutions; clarify and remove superfluous language; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to financial institutions, so as to clarify and remove superfluous language; to reduce the number of days for certain cease and desist orders to become final; to repeal Code Section 7-1-1003.1, relating to physical place of business; to eliminate the notification requirement for a change in ultimate equitable owner of mortgage brokers or mortgage lenders; to change advertising content requirements for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; to reduce the number of days for the process related to bond cancellation notice; to amend Chapter 6A of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Fair Lending Act, so as to update citations to federal regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2019_20 | HB 781 | Georgia HB 781 (2019_20) |
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Georgia HB 781 (2019_20) — Financial institutions; clarify and remove superfluous language; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to financial institutions, so as to clarify and remove superfluous language; to reduce the number of days for certain cease and desist orders to become final; to repeal Code Section 7-1-1003.1, relating to physical place of business; to eliminate the notification requirement for a change in ultimate equitable owner of mortgage brokers or mortgage lenders; to change advertising content requirements for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; to reduce the number of days for the process related to bond cancellation notice; to amend Chapter 6A of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Georgia Fair Lending Act, so as to update citations to federal regulations; 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 781/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 50 0019/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 50 0035S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 50 0035S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 50 0066S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Gloria Frazier — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Penny Houston — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-15 House Hopper
- 2020-01-16 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2020-01-27 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2020-01-29 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-18 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2020-02-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-02-19 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2020-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-03-05 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2020-06-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2020-06-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2020-06-15 Senate Transmitted House
- 2020-06-25 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2020-07-02 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-07-29 Act 492
executive-signature - 2021-01-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4a54c77-7bfd-4e43-9fd6-02e15a9fffef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).