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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act\"; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to require the registration of property owners' associations; to provide for renewals and amendments; to provide for appeals; to provide for a State Board for Review of Complaints Regarding Property Owners' Associations; to provide for review of complaints; to amend Code Section 44-3-232 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assessments against lot owners as constituting lien in favor of association, additional charges against lot owners, procedure for foreclosing lien, and obligation to provide statement of amounts due, so as to provide for authorization of liens and use of assessments; to provide for a short title; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 406"
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citation: "Georgia SB 406 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES", "PROPERTY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Chuck Payne", "Clint Dixon", "David Lucas", "Donzella James", "Drew Echols", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Nan Orrock", "RaShaun Kemp", "Rick Williams", "Shawn Still", "Timothy Bearden", "Tonya Anderson"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2027-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a31085-78c2-4851-8059-2719b0cc966b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fbee0593662b3848977e479be58c36f3bfbb24e747f09c60e992c2299c15c37c"
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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 406 (2025_26) — "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and businesses, so as to require the registration of property owners' associations; to provide for renewals and amendments; to provide for appeals; to provide for a State Board for Review of Complaints Regarding Property Owners' Associations; to provide for review of complaints; to amend Code Section 44-3-232 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to assessments against lot owners as constituting lien in favor of association, additional charges against lot owners, procedure for foreclosing lien, and obligation to provide statement of amounts due, so as to provide for authorization of liens and use of assessments; to provide for a short title; 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 44 3299ER** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239925.pdf)
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2. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245144.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 49 2756S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244335.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245007.pdf)
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5. **Floor Amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245019.pdf)
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6. **Floor Amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245042.pdf)
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7. **LC 49 2839S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246792.pdf)
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8. **LC 49 2879S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248227.pdf)
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9. **SB 406/AP** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248665.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #796 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **155–10** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #627 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **11–40** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Vote #918 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #628 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Drew Echols — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 715 `executive-signature`
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- **2027-01-01** 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/f0a31085-78c2-4851-8059-2719b0cc966b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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