republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-443.md

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Bill	Garnishment Proceedings; revise; uniform procedures for garnishment actions; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to revise procedures for garnishment proceedings; to provide for uniform procedures for garnishment actions; to provide definitions; to limit the maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment in relation to certain educational or student loans; to provide a fixed time for continuous garnishments; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to provide for cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 443	Georgia SB 443 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone Lee Anderson	4	16	1	2020-02-25	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/62e7da9f-18af-4dae-b726-d824c2f31612	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0290e7b5d7317184fa9a4aa08a11dc38b54003f80a9ee167c6cdb4de815c02c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 443 (2019_20) — Garnishment Proceedings; revise; uniform procedures for garnishment actions; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to garnishment proceedings, so as to revise procedures for garnishment proceedings; to provide for uniform procedures for garnishment actions; to provide definitions; to limit the maximum part of disposable earnings subject to garnishment in relation to certain educational or student loans; to provide a fixed time for continuous garnishments; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to scholarships, loans, and grants, so as to provide for cross-references; 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 2370 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 2443S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB443/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-25 Senate Hopper
• 2020-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-03-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2020-03-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Postponed
• 2020-06-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Act 574 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62e7da9f-18af-4dae-b726-d824c2f31612. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).