republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-83.md

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Bill	Mortgage broker licensing requirements; licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction; exempt	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to exempt licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction from the mortgage broker licensing requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 83	Georgia HB 83 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	David Knight John Pezold Josh Clark Paulette Braddock Sam Teasley	2	16	1	2013-01-16	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/333703bf-d2f8-473c-97cb-3ed3e00c5af9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6002afb26ffa81ba27e0bcd36ce2a425b3cd2ccbabb1ac59ba3d41523f6ec0dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 83 (2013_14) — Mortgage broker licensing requirements; licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction; exempt

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, so as to exempt licensed real estate brokers and salespersons assisting in a short sale real estate transaction from the mortgage broker licensing requirements; 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 83/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0347/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Knight — primary (person)
• John Pezold — primary (person)
• Josh Clark — primary (person)
• Paulette Braddock — primary (person)
• Sam Teasley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-01-16 House Hopper
• 2013-01-17 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-01-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2013-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-14 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 197 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/333703bf-d2f8-473c-97cb-3ed3e00c5af9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).