republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-871.md

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Bill	"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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 871	Georgia HB 871 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Chad Nimmer Robert Dickey Terry Rogers	2	15	1	2016-01-28	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9eeb38c0-d86a-4a74-86ec-2a531d9967bb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	18aec162b5270d5a669057804563909efdc641811c2d1e0e61202b5c7d30ff3b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. LC 40 1012-EC/a (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/9eeb38c0-d86a-4a74-86ec-2a531d9967bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).