---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fair Business Practices Act; requirements for solicitations of services for obtaining a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services for obtaining a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Georgia HB 197 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buzz Brockway", "Josh Bonner", "Matt Hatchett", "Sam Teasley", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad84e96-7d6a-4477-a6be-a6d4bcb67664"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e1e91bf2ba9fbd312dc5ae8ab437e2adb828a5d7e8a73159bc660b4d9f5c571e"
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 197 (2017_18) — Fair Business Practices Act; requirements for solicitations of services for obtaining a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Fair Business Practices Act, so as to provide for requirements for solicitations of services for obtaining a copy of an instrument conveying real estate; to provide for a definition; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** House Hopper
- **2017-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Postponed
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** Act 67 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad84e96-7d6a-4477-a6be-a6d4bcb67664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).