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Bill Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retention of contractual payments and creation of escrow accounts on contracts for installation, improvement, maintenance, or repair of water or sewer facilities, so as to change certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 SB 438 Georgia SB 438 (2021_22)
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Ben Watson
Billy Hickman
Brian Strickland
Burt Jones
Butch Miller
Carden Summers
Chuck Payne
Chuck Hufstetler
Dean Burke
Jeff Mullis
Larry Walker, III
Lindsey Tippins
Marty Harbin
Max Burns
Mike Dugan
Randy Robertson
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Georgia SB 438 (2021_22) — Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retention of contractual payments and creation of escrow accounts on contracts for installation, improvement, maintenance, or repair of water or sewer facilities, so as to change certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; 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 36 4994 (committee substitute) — source
  2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB 438/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 520 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Billy Hickman — primary (person)
  • Brian Strickland — primary (person)
  • Burt Jones — primary (person)
  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • Carden Summers — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • Dean Burke — primary (person)
  • Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
  • Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
  • Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
  • Marty Harbin — primary (person)
  • Max Burns — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • Randy Robertson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-02-02 Senate Hopper
  • 2022-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-02-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-02-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-02-17 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2022-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-05-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-05-13 Act 871 executive-signature
  • 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa5329b6-e009-4f13-8e3f-496f8aa1b4f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).