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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2021_22"
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identifier: "SB 438"
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citation: "Georgia SB 438 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Billy Hickman", "Brian Strickland", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Jeff Mullis", "Larry Walker, III", "Lindsey Tippins", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-02-02"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa5329b6-e009-4f13-8e3f-496f8aa1b4f7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b420ca7e49f2f693de79444e53fc6035fe40fa5e828f9c4acccee70f5cfc3162"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia SB 438 (2021_22) — Contracts; certain provisions relating to retainage of progress payments; change
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced LC 36 4994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204833.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206776.pdf)
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3. **SB 438/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210898.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2022-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-13** Act 871 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa5329b6-e009-4f13-8e3f-496f8aa1b4f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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