republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-399.md

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Bill	Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlords and tenants in general, so as to require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications related to such properties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 399	Georgia HB 399 (2025_26)	bill	LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES PROPERTY	enacted	Joseph Gullett Mary Oliver Phil Olaleye Rhonda Burnough Shaw Blackmon Spencer Frye	8	24	3	2025-02-11	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ef9a27a1-a59e-4155-af9e-81e5f14f462d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1e80d04c8a6fe6b3e652eba105a57ae16abdcfacab853912360886b72c77f31b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 399 (2025_26) — Property; require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to landlords and tenants in general, so as to require certain residential landlords to have in-state staff to manage tenant communications related to such properties; 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 399/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3351/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 3483S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 3490S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 47 3490S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 399 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee sub LC 47 3645S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #464 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 41–9 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #447 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 159–5 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #136 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Mary Oliver — primary (person)
• Phil Olaleye — primary (person)
• Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
• Spencer Frye — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-19 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Tabled
• 2025-04-02 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-04-02 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2025-04-04 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-04-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 315 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef9a27a1-a59e-4155-af9e-81e5f14f462d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).