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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; financial institutions; certain activities shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; provide"
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description: "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."
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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 759"
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citation: "Georgia HB 759 (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: ["Greg Morris", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-13"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11d0d259-43d8-4624-9b0c-01fafbc54e52"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "af6fa7f19b45b52e80e57bdeb87005323af1de218e2ec2f9a0f729c368a4fcbc"
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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 759 (2015_16) — Courts; financial institutions; certain activities shall not constitute the unauthorized practice of law; provide
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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.
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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 759/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162449.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 1100/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154494.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **156–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Morris — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-13** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 439 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/11d0d259-43d8-4624-9b0c-01fafbc54e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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