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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Contracts; convenience fees for payment by electronic means; revise provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding contracts, so as to revise provisions regarding convenience fees for payment by electronic means; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 241"
+citation: "Georgia HB 241 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CONTRACTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carter Barrett", "Demetrius Douglas", "Johnny Chastain", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Trey Rhodes", "Will Wade"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-04"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53dfd17-8f25-4834-a092-91cd0b1b758c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6f6dc40899f9f72bd0583acfa998873a548276044abaa0bfd0df8ee50cd8162a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 241 (2025_26) — Contracts; convenience fees for payment by electronic means; revise provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding contracts, so as to revise provisions regarding convenience fees for payment by electronic means; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 241/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237752.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2958/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231161.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 3072S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234406.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 3072S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233134.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #107 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–3** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #301 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
+- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
+- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
+- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+- Will Wade — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 305 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e53dfd17-8f25-4834-a092-91cd0b1b758c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+