---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Georgia Lemon Law\"; consumer fees forwarded to the Department of Law for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account; require"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-791 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to consumer fees collected to implement Article 28 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the \"Georgia Lemon Law,\" so as to require consumer fees to be forwarded to the Department of Law for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 871"
citation: "Georgia HB 871 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-28"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eeb38c0-d86a-4a74-86ec-2a531d9967bb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "18aec162b5270d5a669057804563909efdc641811c2d1e0e61202b5c7d30ff3b"
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 871 (2015_16) — "Georgia Lemon Law"; consumer fees forwarded to the Department of Law for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 10-1-791 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to consumer fees collected to implement Article 28 of Chapter 1 of Title 10, the "Georgia Lemon Law," so as to require consumer fees to be forwarded to the Department of Law for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account; 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 871/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160505.pdf)
2. **LC 40 1012-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155917.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-28** House Hopper
- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Act 464 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eeb38c0-d86a-4a74-86ec-2a531d9967bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).