republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-492.md

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Bill	Property; dispossessory proceedings; require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of the issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 492	Georgia HB 492 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Beth Moore Bonnie Rich Matthew Wilson	5	18	1	2019-02-26	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7a274dc3-fceb-4ec6-a348-ad97f03433b7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f99a71a44fdd04193db8390dea814dc782bd0d30253c10d3154b7763e0eeb8f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 492 (2019_20) — Property; dispossessory proceedings; require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dispossessory proceedings, so as require applications for execution of a writ of possession be made within 30 days of the issuance of the writ unless good cause is shown; 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 492/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 1911S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 1911S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 0104/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 48 0117S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Beth Moore — primary (person)
• Bonnie Rich — primary (person)
• Matthew Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-26 House Hopper
• 2019-02-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-07 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 Tabled
• 2019-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2019-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 230 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a274dc3-fceb-4ec6-a348-ad97f03433b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).