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| Bill | Property; deeds; require electronic filing | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, so as to require electronic filing; to provide for the effect of a missing or incorrect tax parcel identification number on a recorded instrument; to amend Chapter 14 of Title 44, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens, so as to require certain information on the first page of security deeds; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 974 | Georgia HB 974 (2021_22) |
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6 | 20 | 1 | 2022-01-24 | 2022-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/d10bf368-aaf9-42c1-92fa-f454f3747b1b | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | bd2123752db8f8974e61fb8d0f5a6f01673e3da2ac05a59b5d6cc082a5ba5f79 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 974 (2021_22) — Property; deeds; require electronic filing
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, so as to require electronic filing; to provide for the effect of a missing or incorrect tax parcel identification number on a recorded instrument; to amend Chapter 14 of Title 44, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens, so as to require certain information on the first page of security deeds; to provide for an effective date; 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 974/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1962S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1975S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 44 1975S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 50 0289/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 44 2106S (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 164–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-24 House Hopper
- 2022-01-25 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-01-26 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-14 House Withdrawn, Recommitted
referral-committee, withdrawal - 2022-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-01 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-01 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-03-30 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-30 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-04-01 Senate Tabled
- 2022-04-04 Senate Taken from Table
- 2022-04-04 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-02 Act 754
executive-signature - 2022-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d10bf368-aaf9-42c1-92fa-f454f3747b1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).