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type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages; vacant and foreclosed real property registries; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens in general, so as to revise provisions relating to vacant and foreclosed real property registries; to prohibit a fee for a future conveyance except under limited circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 160"
citation: "Georgia HB 160 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Edward Lindsey", "Jay Powell", "Mary Oliver", "Mike Jacobs", "Tom Weldon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5908be9-1ddb-4fe5-812d-cf3159527146"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1ec61e349430171f764818256f03ae2eba44a64315b6fd5ca5fa0963cdabc357"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 160 (2013_14) — Mortgages; vacant and foreclosed real property registries; revise provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mortgages, conveyances to secure debt, and liens in general, so as to revise provisions relating to vacant and foreclosed real property registries; to prohibit a fee for a future conveyance except under limited circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **HB 160/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136930.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5408/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129230.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5456S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131428.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5456S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130185.pdf)
5. **SCSFA TO HB 160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136389.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 5675S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135061.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 21 3865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136140.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **158–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Edward Lindsey — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
- Tom Weldon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-01-30** House Hopper
- **2013-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 195 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5908be9-1ddb-4fe5-812d-cf3159527146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).