Georgia House Bill 197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 2 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-03-24 - Senate Insisted
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 9, Title 11, and Chapter 2 of Title 18 of the O.C.G.A., relating to verdict and judgment, the commercial code, and debtor and creditor relations; to repeal the "Georgia Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act" and enact the "Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act"; to amend Titles 7, 10, 40, and 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to banking and finance, commerce and trade, motor vehicles and traffic, and waters of the state, ports, and watercraft; to amend Article 3 of Chapter 3 of Title 9 and Code Section 17-14-17 of the O.C.G.A., relating to limitations on recovery for deficiencies connected with improvements to realty and resulting injuries and fraudulent transfers; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Debtor-Creditor Uniform Law Modernization Act of 2015; enact

Rep. Mike Jacobs [R]	Rep. Wendell Willard [R]	Rep. Barry Fleming [R]	Rep. Stacey Evans [D]
Rep. Andrew Welch [R]	Rep. Mary Oliver [D]	Sen. Bill Cowsert [R]

2015-04-02 - House - House Vote #458 (Y: 4 N: 159 NV: 8 Abs: 9) [FAIL]
2015-03-31 - Senate - Senate Vote #314 (Y: 37 N: 17 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-03-02 - House - House Vote #94 (Y: 156 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 20) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	Senate	Senate Insisted
2015-04-02	House	House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
2015-03-31	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2015-03-31	Senate	Senate Third Read
2015-03-27	Senate	Senate Read Second Time
2015-03-27	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2015-03-03	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2015-03-02	House	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2015-03-02	House	House Third Readers
2015-02-19	House	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2015-02-04	House	House Second Readers
2015-02-03	House	House First Readers
2015-02-02	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/43258
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/146696
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/148668
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/149617
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/152741
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/153283
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20152016/153725
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/43258#12289
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/43258#12791
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/43258#13002