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type: "Bill"
title: "Unclaimed property; commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in state treasury; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to require the commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in the state treasury; to amend Chapter 16 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the tax amnesty program, so as to require the commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in the state treasury; 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 359"
citation: "Georgia HB 359 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Christian Coomer", "Jay Powell", "Jay Roberts", "Matt Hatchett", "Terry England"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ce90361-fba0-4893-ac57-45fa2d850cc2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a2d3b8956351eeb0bcf65a7c6f1f2692853c9f6f68a2a6aa4318e228885da586"
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 359 (2013_14) — Unclaimed property; commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in state treasury; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to require the commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in the state treasury; to amend Chapter 16 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the tax amnesty program, so as to require the commissioner of revenue to deposit certain funds in the state treasury; 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 359/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136267.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3716-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131053.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 3867-ECS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135057.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1670** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-14** House Hopper
- **2013-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 196 `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/9ce90361-fba0-4893-ac57-45fa2d850cc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).