Georgia legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Georgia HB1506: Contracts; payment terms for business to business transactions; provide
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prompt payment, so as to provide for payment terms for business to business transactions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend Chapter 11 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prompt payment, so as to provide for payment terms for business to business transactions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED To amend Chapter 11 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prompt payment, so as to provide for payment terms for business to business transactions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Chapter 11 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prompt payment, is amended by revising Code Section 13-11-2, relating to definitions, as follows: "13-11-2. As used in this chapter, the term: (1) 'Business to business transaction' means a financial exchange of goods, services, or information for payment between two or more businesses. (1)(2) 'Contractor' means a person who contracts with an owner to improve real property, to perform construction services, or to perform construction management services for an owner. H. B. 1506 LC 48 1798 (2)(3) 'Improve' means to build, effect, alter, repair, or demolish any improvement upon, connected with, or on or beneath the surface of any real property or to excavate, clear, grade, fill, or landscape any real property or to construct driveways and private roadways or to furnish materials, including trees and shrubbery, for any of such purposes or to perform any labor upon such improvements. (3)(4) 'Improvement' means …
Sponsors
- Clark, Jasmine (D, 108) · primary sponsor
- Samuel Park (D, 107)
- Dar'shun Kendrick (D, 95)
- Solomon Adesanya (D)
Latest actions
- : House Second Readers
- : House First Readers
- : House Hopper
Common questions
- What is HB1506?
- HB1506 is a bill in the Georgia Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Contracts; payment terms for business to business transactions; provide.
- What does HB1506 do?
- In its own words: To amend Chapter 11 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prompt payment, so as to provide for payment terms for business to business transactions; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB1506?
- In committee as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: House Second Readers (March 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1506?
- Clark, Jasmine (D, 108), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1506?
- On the Georgia Legislature website: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73875
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