republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-670.md

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Bill	Trade names; require registration with the clerk of superior court; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-490 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of businesses using trade names, so as to require registration of trade names with the clerk of superior court; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to establish a state-wide trade name registry; to provide for duties of clerks of superior courts; to provide for fees; to provide for related matters; to correct a cross-reference; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 670	Georgia HB 670 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Barry Fleming Brian Strickland Mandi Ballinger Regina Quick	5	17	1	2013-03-25	2014-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/37e9f1e4-2fe7-45a6-8dfe-a06b6d85d474	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5d7cabc04a3626a2b3d52858c20bc73a409895925a082d66ca96b697077bfd3e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 670 (2013_14) — Trade names; require registration with the clerk of superior court; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-490 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration of businesses using trade names, so as to require registration of trade names with the clerk of superior court; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to clerks of superior courts, so as to establish a state-wide trade name registry; to provide for duties of clerks of superior courts; to provide for fees; to provide for related matters; to correct a cross-reference; 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 670/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 5931S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 5931S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0408/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen floor amend 1 AM 29 2298 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
• Regina Quick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-25 House Hopper
• 2013-03-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Veto V3 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37e9f1e4-2fe7-45a6-8dfe-a06b6d85d474. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).