republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-982.md

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Bill	Financial institutions; repeal Articles 4 and 4A; enact new Articles 4 and 4A; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to financial institutions, so as to repeal Article 4, relating to the sale of checks or money orders, and Article 4A, relating to the cashing of checks, drafts, or money orders for consideration, and to enact new Articles 4 and 4A; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 982	Georgia HB 982 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bruce Williamson	4	17	1	2014-02-10	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/01b64d95-7b5d-417e-97ec-f12b6406ffef	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	36a6a720c874c3a862b8dccefd4fd9becb803ec97f85acdf5c91c05e611db177	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 982 (2013_14) — Financial institutions; repeal Articles 4 and 4A; enact new Articles 4 and 4A; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to financial institutions, so as to repeal Article 4, relating to the sale of checks or money orders, and Article 4A, relating to the cashing of checks, drafts, or money orders for consideration, and to enact new Articles 4 and 4A; 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 982/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0577ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 0633ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0633ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 172–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-10 House Hopper
• 2014-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-04 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
• 2014-03-13 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-13 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 532 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01b64d95-7b5d-417e-97ec-f12b6406ffef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).