republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-315.md

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Bill	Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver and release of lien and bond rights/other remedies under the law; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mechanics and materialmen, so as to provide that a waiver and release of lien and bond rights shall only be applicable to the issues of the waiver and release and shall not affect any other rights or remedies available under the law; to revise language and appearance requirements of statutory forms; to revise procedures; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 315	Georgia SB 315 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Bill Heath Brandon Beach Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler David Lucas Dean Burke Donzella James Ed Harbison Elena Parent Ellis Black Emanuel Jones Freddie Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Horacena Tate Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jennifer Jordan Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Nan Orrock Nikema Williams Randy Robertson Renee Unterman Sheikh Rahman Steve Gooch Steve Henson Tyler Harper Valencia Seay William Ligon, Jr.	3	15	1	2020-01-28	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a86ccffe-74eb-435f-83f5-560f0c119e0d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b6657a680db221a66c50a5f47cb67e6f48b24030da2ee844c8c415656cb72c15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 315 (2019_20) — Mechanics and Materialmen; waiver and release of lien and bond rights/other remedies under the law; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 3 of Article 8 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to mechanics and materialmen, so as to provide that a waiver and release of lien and bond rights shall only be applicable to the issues of the waiver and release and shall not affect any other rights or remedies available under the law; to revise language and appearance requirements of statutory forms; to revise procedures; 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. As introduced LC 41 2195 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB315/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bill Heath — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Nikema Williams — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2020-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-08-05 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-08-05 Act 576 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a86ccffe-74eb-435f-83f5-560f0c119e0d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).