---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle franchise practices; provide for definitions; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for restrictions, limitations, and guidelines for the use of consumer data by a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, or third party; to provide standards for reasonable compensation by a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, or third party for parts and labor for warranty service work by a dealer; to provide for payments after a stop-sale of a motor vehicle in certain instances; to provide for right of first refusal; to correct a cross-reference; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 469"
citation: "Georgia HB 469 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "James Epps", "Jason Shaw", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr.", "Kevin Tanner", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0981e0fb-b191-47e1-b893-5000c655c54e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c41201ffe5e21972ff1f919e75cbd7dd91ef840762cff61f0544e68ce3bf3f2a"
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 469 (2017_18) — Motor vehicle franchise practices; provide for definitions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 22 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle franchise practices, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for restrictions, limitations, and guidelines for the use of consumer data by a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, or third party; to provide standards for reasonable compensation by a franchisor, manufacturer, distributor, or third party for parts and labor for warranty service work by a dealer; to provide for payments after a stop-sale of a motor vehicle in certain instances; to provide for right of first refusal; to correct a cross-reference; 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 — **165–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** House Hopper
- **2017-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 201 `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/0981e0fb-b191-47e1-b893-5000c655c54e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).