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type: "Bill"
title: "Cash Bonds; unclaimed cash bonds; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the authorization of posting cash bonds generally, furnishing of receipt to person posting bond, recordation of receipt of bond on docket, and disposal of unclaimed bonds, so as to provide for unclaimed cash bonds; 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 446"
citation: "Georgia SB 446 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Frank Ginn", "John Kennedy", "John Wilkinson", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Matt Brass", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25a83f74-7101-47ee-a182-535ff6746abd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c034ead814c276c1af4ff2ccb9c496d251b5b8dd4244d52f95b9066a70fcb4c9"
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 446 (2019_20) — Cash Bonds; unclaimed cash bonds; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 17-6-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the authorization of posting cash bonds generally, furnishing of receipt to person posting bond, recordation of receipt of bond on docket, and disposal of unclaimed bonds, so as to provide for unclaimed cash bonds; 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 48 0183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191073.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193229.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 2610S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192380.pdf)
4. **SB 446/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194801.pdf)
## Votes
- MOTION TO TABLE THE RULES CALENDAR — **495** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- John Kennedy — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-26** Senate Hopper
- **2020-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Senate Tabled
- **2020-03-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2020-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-22** House Postponed
- **2020-06-23** House Postponed
- **2020-06-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 520 `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/25a83f74-7101-47ee-a182-535ff6746abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).