GA SB 189
died on adjournmentDepartment of Community Affairs; to develop and maintain a publicly accessible data base of legal notices; provide
Georgia · 2025_26 · upper
Quick answers
Did GA SB 189 pass?
No. GA SB 189 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-19): Senate Read and Referred
What is GA SB 189 about?
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions related to the Department of Community Affairs, so as to provide for the department to develop and maintain a publicly accessible data base of legal notices that are otherwise required by law to be published in a newspaper; to provide that such data base shall be an additional, mandatory, manner of posting legal notices; to provide that posting on such data base shall serve as an alternative to other publication requirements in certain circumstances; to provide a definition; to authorize rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors GA SB 189?
Rick Williams, Lee Anderson, Gail Davenport and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 189.
Description
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions related to the Department of Community Affairs, so as to provide for the department to develop and maintain a publicly accessible data base of legal notices that are otherwise required by law to be published in a newspaper; to provide that such data base shall be an additional, mandatory, manner of posting legal notices; to provide that posting on such data base shall serve as an alternative to other publication requirements in certain circumstances; to provide a definition; to authorize rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-18
- Latest action
- 2025-02-19 — Senate Read and Referred
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Rick Williamsprimary
- Lee Andersonprimary
- Gail Davenportprimary
- Michael 'Doc' Rhettprimary
- Jason Estevesprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-18
Senate Hopper
introduction
2025-02-19
Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee
Versions
- As introduced LC 47 3349Compare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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