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type: "Bill"
title: "The Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act; enact"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 307"
citation: "Georgia HB 307 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Brett Harrell", "Jason Ridley", "John Corbett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/654c2761-5e2d-4aa1-b612-a853cb6f4360"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ee659de466e192f4eb07c7af31cbbced490d30142c8dd24347a7d8c4a5ee8eb8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187573.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2117/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181466.pdf)
3. **LC 39 2162S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184146.pdf)
4. **LC 39 2162S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182908.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186975.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2353S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185234.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 39 0277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186797.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/654c2761-5e2d-4aa1-b612-a853cb6f4360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).