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84 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Real and Personal Property; municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in sale; allow"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 37 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the acquisition and disposition of real and personal property generally, so as to allow municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in the sale of real property; to provide for the duties of the state licensed real estate broker; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "SB 397"
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citation: "Georgia SB 397 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Ellis Black", "Greg Kirk", "Jack Hill", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Joshua McKoon", "Mike Dugan", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-07"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a152118d-1f9c-4656-9d09-e0ce2c6478ff"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2acfd8bd849d4455c30ad41b57376a22a51dc8ddf43096577e74cbc71eaff5ed"
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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 SB 397 (2017_18) — Real and Personal Property; municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in sale; allow
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 37 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the acquisition and disposition of real and personal property generally, so as to allow municipalities to hire state licensed real estate brokers to assist in the sale of real property; to provide for the duties of the state licensed real estate broker; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-07** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-23** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 363 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/a152118d-1f9c-4656-9d09-e0ce2c6478ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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