# Georgia SB 119: Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide

Georgia SB 119, Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Russ Goodman (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican), Harold Jones II (Democrat) and 4 others; status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Effective Date) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 119
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Manufactured or Mobile Homes; limited exceptions to circumstances under which a manufactured home shall become real property; provide
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-07-01, Effective Date
- Sponsors: Russ Goodman (Republican), Bo Hatchett (Republican), Harold Jones II (Democrat), Nikki Merritt (Democrat), Freddie Powell Sims (Democrat), Carden Summers (Republican), Sam Watson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Banks & Banking, Banking and Financial Institutions, General Bill
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (221 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Simpler title rules for home lenders: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, these rules apply to contracts entered into on or after that date. Lenders using their preserved personal-property enforcement rights can get a new home title without providing the last title. Someone acquiring the home from that lender can also get a new title without the l…
- Unpaid lenders keep home removal rights: cost, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, these rules apply to contracts entered into on or after that date. Converting a manufactured home to real property does not erase earlier liens or the lender's enforcement rights. Those rights and the lender's original payment priority remain until the lien is paid off or sa…
- Easier manufactured-home conversion with filing rules: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Georgia's law applies to contracts entered into on or after that date. Owners can convert a manufactured home to real property without lenders signing the Certificate of Permanent Location. The home must be or become permanently attached, and at least one home owner must als…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Russ Goodman (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Harold Jones II (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Nikki Merritt (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Freddie Powell Sims (Democrat), Senate
- Sponsor: Carden Summers (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Sam Watson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rob Leverett (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-25 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 168 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 53 | 0 | 3 |

## Actions (17)

- 2025-07-01: Effective Date
- 2025-05-14: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-14: Act 286
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-25: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-03-20: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-11: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-03-10: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Taken from Table (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 119/AP* (v5): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237404)

## Related bills

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [SB 119/AP* (v5) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237404)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB119-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).