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| Bill | Courts; financial institutions; certain activities shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of the practice of law, so as to provide that certain activities by financial institutions shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 759 | Georgia HB 759 (2015_16) |
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2 | 17 | 1 | 2016-01-13 | 2016-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/11d0d259-43d8-4624-9b0c-01fafbc54e52 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | af6fa7f19b45b52e80e57bdeb87005323af1de218e2ec2f9a0f729c368a4fcbc | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 759 (2015_16) — Courts; financial institutions; certain activities shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 19 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the regulation of the practice of law, so as to provide that certain activities by financial institutions shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 156–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Greg Morris — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-01-13 House Hopper
- 2016-01-14 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2016-01-15 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2016-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2016-02-08 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2016-02-08 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2016-02-09 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
- 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
- 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2016-04-26 Act 439
executive-signature - 2016-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11d0d259-43d8-4624-9b0c-01fafbc54e52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).