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GA HB 15

enacted

Banking and finance; update terminology; provisions

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 of the O.C.G.A., relating to banking and finance, so as to update terminology; to revise procedures concerning incorporators of credit unions; to revise requirements of articles of incorporation of credit unions; to revise licensure requirements for money transmissions, cashing payment instruments, mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers, foreign banking institutions, and installment loans; to provide for revised auditing procedures for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; to provide for corporate governance requirements for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; to provide for liquidity requirements for mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers; to revise requirements for applications to relocate for foreign banking institutions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-01-13
Status date
Latest action
2025-07-01 — Effective Date
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Bruce Williamsonprimary
  • Noel Williams, Jr.primary
  • Demetrius Douglasprimary
  • Robert Dickeyprimary
  • Jason Ridleyprimary
  • Jaclyn Fordprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-01-14

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-01-15

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2025-02-06

    House Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-02-12

    House Third Readers

    reading-3

  6. 2025-02-12

    House Passed/Adopted

    passage

  7. 2025-02-13

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-02-19

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-02-20

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  10. 2025-03-10

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  11. 2025-03-10

    Senate Passed/Adopted

    passage

  12. 2025-04-07

    House Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  13. 2025-05-14

    House Date Signed by Governor

    executive-signature

  14. 2025-05-14

    Act 250

    executive-signature

  15. 2025-07-01

    Effective Date

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