republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-215.md

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Bill	Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to superior courts, so as to change provisions relating to filings in the clerk's office; to increase fees for certain filings; to change provisions relating to office hours; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 215	Georgia HB 215 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Tommy Benton	5	21	1	2013-02-05	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/edb21750-455a-4e0c-b912-ab7b9377e06d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	282b83f198acfe626d9764b4f41202f8d0279814de20be85e73edb2629993a1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 215 (2013_14) — Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to superior courts, so as to change provisions relating to filings in the clerk's office; to increase fees for certain filings; to change provisions relating to office hours; 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. HB 215/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5421/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5581S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 29 5581S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-05 House Hopper
• 2013-02-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2014-01-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-01-13 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2014-01-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-10 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-03-12 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 488 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/edb21750-455a-4e0c-b912-ab7b9377e06d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).