---
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).