Consumer Transactions; increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; provide
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Moved
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Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-393 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair or deceptive practices in consumer transactions unlawful and examples, so as to provide increased consumer protection for homeowners entering into contracts with contractors following natural disasters; to provide for certain contractual requirements; to provide for notice language; to amend Code Section 33-6-5 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to unfair met
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 19, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 20, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 31, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 8, 2025
Act 71 · May 8, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
27
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Walker, III, LarryGoodman, RussHodges, MikeTillery, BlakeWatson, SamSummers, CardenHickman, BillyPayne, ChuckStrickland, BrianBurns, MaxSetzler, EdBrass, MattRobertson, RandyAnderson, LeeKirkpatrick, KayWilliams, RickGinn, FrankEchols, DrewBearden, TimothyHarbin, MartyStill, ShawnHatchett, BoBeach, BrandonKennedy, John F.Anavitarte, JasonGooch, SteveHagan, Leesa
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 49, nay 1, notVoting 5, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 163, nay 1, notVoting 5, excused 11
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-04 · yea 53, nay 1, notVoting 0, excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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