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type: "Bill"
title: "Superior courts; filings in the clerk's office; change provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 215"
citation: "Georgia HB 215 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-05"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edb21750-455a-4e0c-b912-ab7b9377e06d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "282b83f198acfe626d9764b4f41202f8d0279814de20be85e73edb2629993a1f"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143359.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5421/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/129777.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5581S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133415.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5581S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132917.pdf)
5. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142946.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edb21750-455a-4e0c-b912-ab7b9377e06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).