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| Bill | Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retention of contractual payments and creation of escrow accounts on contracts for installation, improvement, maintenance, or repair of water or sewer facilities, so as to change certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | SB 438 | Georgia SB 438 (2021_22) |
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Georgia SB 438 (2021_22) — Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to retention of contractual payments and creation of escrow accounts on contracts for installation, improvement, maintenance, or repair of water or sewer facilities, so as to change certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; 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.
- As introduced LC 36 4994 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- SB 438/AP* (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 52–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-02-02 Senate Hopper
- 2022-02-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-02-14 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-02-15 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-02-17 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-02-22 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-03-22 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-28 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2022-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-05-13 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-05-13 Act 871
executive-signature - 2022-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa5329b6-e009-4f13-8e3f-496f8aa1b4f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).