republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1292.md

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Bill	Property; clerks of superior courts obtain photographic identification cards of individuals who present deeds or other instruments for recording; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, so as to require that the clerks of the superior courts obtain photographic identification cards of individuals who present deeds or other instruments for recording; to require such clerks retain certain information relating to deeds or other instruments presented for recording; to provide for exceptions; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to amend Titles 23 and 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to equity and torts, respectively, so as to provide remedies for fraudulently recorded deeds or other instruments; to provide for the recovery of costs and attorney's fees in certain quiet title actions; to provide for a civil cause of action for the recording of fraudulent or forged deeds or other instruments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1292	Georgia HB 1292 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Deborah Silcox Gabe Okoye James Beverly Jon Burns Matt Reeves	5	18	3	2024-02-15	2024-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/d7deedca-17b0-4355-8d4c-0dd7a94db6b7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f4c62066e13661f7cc4617bcc0e5aef520a9200f0d1f2594a470b3fc7691bd52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1292 (2023_24) — Property; clerks of superior courts obtain photographic identification cards of individuals who present deeds or other instruments for recording; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to recordation and registration of deeds and other instruments, so as to require that the clerks of the superior courts obtain photographic identification cards of individuals who present deeds or other instruments for recording; to require such clerks retain certain information relating to deeds or other instruments presented for recording; to provide for exceptions; to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; to amend Titles 23 and 51 of the O.C.G.A., relating to equity and torts, respectively, so as to provide remedies for fraudulently recorded deeds or other instruments; to provide for the recovery of costs and attorney's fees in certain quiet title actions; to provide for a civil cause of action for the recording of fraudulent or forged deeds or other instruments; 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 1292/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 48 1236S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 48 1236S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 55 0234/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 55 0293S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #614 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #839 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #888 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
• Gabe Okoye — primary (person)
• James Beverly — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Act 549 executive-signature
• 2024-05-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7deedca-17b0-4355-8d4c-0dd7a94db6b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).