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type: "Bill"
title: "Property; amendments to property owners' association instruments and covenants that restrict rental of residential lots and plots; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to prohibit amendments to property owners' association instruments and covenants that restrict rental of residential lots and plots; 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: "SB 442"
citation: "Georgia SB 442 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Blake Tillery", "John Kennedy", "William Ligon, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-25"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af62b8ae-b217-4d2b-b1d3-60c28fe5912c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b5108b51c4977b07be8ec348a22fd8b2ab7b3ed43d41e793311c25f01a186743"
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 SB 442 (2019_20) — Property; amendments to property owners' association instruments and covenants that restrict rental of residential lots and plots; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property, so as to prohibit amendments to property owners' association instruments and covenants that restrict rental of residential lots and plots; 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 44 1444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190963.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192615.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 2446S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191870.pdf)
4. **LC 41 2573S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193734.pdf)
5. **SB442/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194690.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **3320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-25** Senate Hopper
- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Postponed
- **2020-06-20** House Postponed
- **2020-06-22** House Postponed
- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-05** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-05** Act 573 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af62b8ae-b217-4d2b-b1d3-60c28fe5912c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).