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Bill	Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the commercial code, so as to update and modernize various statutes in the commercial code relating to commercial transactions in order to maintain uniformity in this state's statutes governing commercial transactions as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; to establish commercial law for transactions involving digital assets; to provide for a short title; to renumber Article 12 as Article 13; to add a new Article 12 to the commercial code pertaining to controllable electronic records; to add a new Article 12A pertaining to transitional provisions; to make conforming amendments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1240	Georgia HB 1240 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Mary Oliver Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Stacey Evans Stan Gunter Tyler Paul Smith	4	15	2	2024-02-12	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/257359c7-c425-41a6-8b37-92bdcacf209e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	02b2919a6842d4312ead3e9c691f9c7bf98bc50404bbc71106f5d480cc665f6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1240 (2023_24) — Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 11 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the commercial code, so as to update and modernize various statutes in the commercial code relating to commercial transactions in order to maintain uniformity in this state's statutes governing commercial transactions as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; to establish commercial law for transactions involving digital assets; to provide for a short title; to renumber Article 12 as Article 13; to add a new Article 12 to the commercial code pertaining to controllable electronic records; to add a new Article 12A pertaining to transitional provisions; to make conforming amendments; 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. HB 1240/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1222S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1222S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 56 0106/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #721 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #538 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Stacey Evans — primary (person)
• Stan Gunter — primary (person)
• Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 600 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/257359c7-c425-41a6-8b37-92bdcacf209e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).