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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 299"
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citation: "Georgia HB 299 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Carl Rogers", "Chuck Williams", "Emory Dunahoo", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-10"
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last_action: "2015-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4dde430aa1cf0650cd8734865cc7b201dc79ff4cf79289e5aded137518757f6a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 299 (2015_16) — Contracts; provide for definitions; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for contracts, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the imposition of convenience fees upon payments for certain loans or purchases when paid by electronic means; to provide for notice of the imposition of convenience fees; to provide for exclusions and applicability; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 299/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152754.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 0898/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147386.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 0967S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151330.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 0967S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149245.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **159–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
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- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-10** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 140 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85b78d59-6967-4a52-a451-63c16583a9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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