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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts; provide military service members civil relief concerning certain contractual obligations due to circumstances of active duty"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 and Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities and general provisions regarding contracts, respectively, so as to provide military service members civil relief concerning certain contractual obligations due to circumstances of active duty; to update a cross-reference; to provide for definitions; to enhance service member consumer protections under the law to include certain television, video, and audio programming services, internet access services, and health spa services; to provide for conditions; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 25"
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citation: "Georgia HB 25 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Bill Hitchens", "Dave Belton", "Josh Bonner", "Mike Glanton", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f71c565c-a59d-4da5-8312-704be8d7975c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e006049b1326f359b4624221adf683100a60d3b544df34726bedeef241853393"
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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 25 (2019_20) — Contracts; provide military service members civil relief concerning certain contractual obligations due to circumstances of active duty
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 10 and Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to self-service storage facilities and general provisions regarding contracts, respectively, so as to provide military service members civil relief concerning certain contractual obligations due to circumstances of active duty; to update a cross-reference; to provide for definitions; to enhance service member consumer protections under the law to include certain television, video, and audio programming services, internet access services, and health spa services; to provide for conditions; 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 25/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187551.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1641/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179535.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 1776S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180813.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 1785S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181339.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 1785S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181252.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1966S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185084.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **173–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Al Williams — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** House Hopper
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- **2019-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-11** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-23** Act 39 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/f71c565c-a59d-4da5-8312-704be8d7975c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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