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Bill	Statute of Frauds; clarify that a mutual agreement to modify an existing promise, agreement, contract; shall be in writing and subject to statute of frauds	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the statute of frauds, so as to clarify that a mutual agreement to modify or alter an existing promise, agreement, contract, or commitment that is subject to the statute of frauds shall itself be in writing and subject to the statute of frauds; to provide that a mutual agreement to cancel, revoke, or rescind a promise, agreement, contract, or commitment that is subject to the statute of frauds shall itself be in writing and subject to the statute of frauds; to respond to the holdings in Crop Production Services, Inc. v. Moye, 345 Ga. App. 228 (March 15, 2018); to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 37	Georgia SB 37 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Jennifer Jordan John Kennedy William Ligon, Jr.	5	16	1	2019-01-29	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7d4c8eba-4a72-4b20-9c47-8d68bcd2536a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	84b9640a93cb3b39106b1f7e4b35e96e96f2e32ecf6f625b1ea29dcbf59c118a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 37 (2019_20) — Statute of Frauds; clarify that a mutual agreement to modify an existing promise, agreement, contract; shall be in writing and subject to statute of frauds

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the statute of frauds, so as to clarify that a mutual agreement to modify or alter an existing promise, agreement, contract, or commitment that is subject to the statute of frauds shall itself be in writing and subject to the statute of frauds; to provide that a mutual agreement to cancel, revoke, or rescind a promise, agreement, contract, or commitment that is subject to the statute of frauds shall itself be in writing and subject to the statute of frauds; to respond to the holdings in Crop Production Services, Inc. v. Moye, 345 Ga. App. 228 (March 15, 2018); 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 41 1695 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 36 3913S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 9362S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB37/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-29 Senate Hopper
• 2019-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Act 255 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d4c8eba-4a72-4b20-9c47-8d68bcd2536a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).