"Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act"; enact
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Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 7 and Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 9 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to banking and finance, and depositions and discovery under the "Georgia Civil Practice Act," respectively, so as to regulate third-party litigation financing...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Jan 30, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 3, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Third Read · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Feb 27, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 28, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 3, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 27, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 27, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 27, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended · Mar 28, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · Apr 21, 2025
Act 10 · Apr 21, 2025
Effective Date · Jan 1, 2026
The numbers
28
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Kennedy, John F.Gooch, SteveRobertson, RandyAnavitarte, JasonHatchett, BoCowsert, BillWatson, BenEchols, DrewDolezal, GregStill, ShawnKirkpatrick, KayBeach, BrandonPayne, ChuckGinn, FrankAnderson, LeeBurns, MaxWilliams, RickAlbers, JohnDixon, ClintSetzler, EdBrass, MattGoodman, RussHodges, MikeWatson, SamWalker, III, LarryHarbin, MartyHickman, BillyBurchett, James
Recorded votes
Agree to SAm to HSubHouse · 2025-03-31 · yea 120, nay 42, notVoting 6, excused 12
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-03-28 · yea 52, nay 0, notVoting 0, excused 4
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-27 · yea 98, nay 69, notVoting 3, excused 10
PASSAGESenate · 2025-02-27 · yea 52, nay 0, notVoting 0, excused 4
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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