republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-307.md

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Bill	The Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for jurisdiction of such courts; to provide for filing certain documents electronically; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abandoned motor vehicles, so as to repeal Article 1, relating to abandoned and derelict vehicles, and to enact a new Article 1; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to provide for proceeds from the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle after satisfaction of a lien to be deposited with the commissioner of revenue; to provide for publication of "Georgia Unclaimed Property List"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 307	Georgia HB 307 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Brett Harrell Jason Ridley John Corbett	7	16	1	2019-02-14	2019-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/654c2761-5e2d-4aa1-b612-a853cb6f4360	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ee659de466e192f4eb07c7af31cbbced490d30142c8dd24347a7d8c4a5ee8eb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 307 (2019_20) — The Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to magistrate courts, so as to provide for jurisdiction of such courts; to provide for filing certain documents electronically; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to abandoned motor vehicles, so as to repeal Article 1, relating to abandoned and derelict vehicles, and to enact a new Article 1; to amend Article 5 of Chapter 12 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to disposition of unclaimed property, so as to provide for proceeds from the sale of an abandoned motor vehicle after satisfaction of a lien to be deposited with the commissioner of revenue; to provide for publication of "Georgia Unclaimed Property List"; 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.

1. HB 307/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 2117/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 2162S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 2162S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. SCSFA to HB 307 (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 39 2353S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen floor amend 1 AM 39 0277 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-14 House Hopper
• 2019-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-12 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Act 275 executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/654c2761-5e2d-4aa1-b612-a853cb6f4360. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).